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"The use of single crystals for scientific and technological applications is now widespread in solid-state physics, optics, electronics, materials science and geophysics. An understanding of the variation of physical properties with crystalline direction is essential to maximise the performance of solid state devices." "This is the second edition of an established textbook. The book provides a concise introduction to the tensor properties of crystals at a level suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. It is written from a physical viewpoint and avoids advanced mathematics."--BOOK JACKET.
Crystals and crystal symmetry -- Structure of solids -- Close-packing structures -- Two-dimensional lattices -- Three-dimensional lattices -- Crystallographic indices for planes; Miller indices -- Crystallographic direction indices -- Worked examples on symmetry -- Introducing tensors -- Introduction to the notation -- Reducing the number of components -- Transformation of axes -- Transformation of a vector -- Transformation of the coordinates of a point -- Transformation and definition of a tensor -- Second-rank symmetrical tensors; the representation quadric -- Neumann's principle -- Some examples of tensors -- Worked example showing change of axes for a tensor -- Second-rank tensors; conductivity -- Thermal conductivity and thermal resistivity -- Heat flow in crystal samples -- The radius-normal property of the representation quadric -- Electrical conductivity and electrical resistivity -- Diffusion -- Some worked examples of second-rank tensor properties -- Fourth-rank tensors; elasticity -- Strain -- Symmetrical and antisymmetrical tensors -- The strain tensor -- Stress -- Elasticity -- The matrix notation -- Effect of crystal symmetry; equating components by inspection -- Elasticity components in cubic crystals and polycrystalline samples -- Elasticity components in other crystal systems -- Worked examples on stress, strain and elasticity -- Crystal optics -- The indicatrix -- The wave surface -- Biaxial crystals -- Double refraction (birefringence) at a boundary -- Worked examples on polarisation and birefringence.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Philadelphia : Institute of Physics Pub., 1999.