Properties of Complex Inorganic Solids

A. Gonis

ISBN 10: 1461377234 / ISBN 13: 9781461377238

Published by Springer, Chapman And Hall/CRC, 2012

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - It is common practice today to use the term 'alloy' in connection with specific classes of materials, with prominence given to metals and semiconductors. However, there is good justification for considering alloys in a unified manner based on properties rather than types of materials because, after all, to alloy means to mix. The scientific aspects of mixing together different materials has a very long history going back to early attempts to understand and control materials behavior for the service of mankind. The case for using the scientific term 'alloy' to mean any material consisting of more than one element can be based on the following two considerations. First, many alloys are mixtures of metallic, semiconducting, and/or insulating materials, and the properties of an alloy, i.e., metallic, semiconducting, or insulating, are often functions of composition and of external conditions, such as temperature and pressure. Second, and most importantly, in attempting to understand the various properties of materials, whether physical, chemical, or mechanical,one is apt to use the terminology and experimental, formal, and computational methods in their study that transcend the type of material being studied.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Properties of Complex Inorganic Solids
• Publisher: Springer, Chapman And Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1461377234
• ISBN 13: 9781461377238
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 254W x 178H x 29D millimeters 254 millimeters width by 178 millimeters height by 29 millimeters depth
• Weight: 982 grams

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It is common practice today to use the term "alloy" in connection with specific classes of materials, with prominence given to metals and semiconductors. However, there is good justification for considering alloys in a unified manner based on properties rather than types of materials because, after all, to alloy means to mix. The scientific aspects of mixing together different materials has a very long history going back to early attempts to understand and control materials behavior for the service of mankind. The case for using the scientific term "alloy" to mean any material consisting of more than one element can be based on the following two considerations. First, many alloys are mixtures of metallic, semiconducting, and/or insulating materials, and the properties of an alloy, i.e., metallic, semiconducting, or insulating, are often functions of composition and of external conditions, such as temperature and pressure. Second, and most importantly, in attempting to understand the various properties of materials, whether physical, chemical, or mechanical,one is apt to use the terminology and experimental, formal, and computational methods in their study that transcend the type of material being studied.