Intermetallics : structures, properties, and statistics / Walter Steurer, Julia Dschemuchadse, Laboratory of Crystallography, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich.

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Steurer, Walter [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Description
xi, 570 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    The fascinating world of intermetallics is largely unexplored. There are many exciting physical properties and important technological applications of intermetallics, from magnetism to superconductivity. The main focus of this book is on the statistics, topology and geometry of crystal structures and structure types of intermetallic phases. The underlying physics, in particular chemical bonding, is discussed whenever it helps understand the stability of structures and the origin of their physical properties. The authors' approach, based on the statistical analysis of more than twenty thousand intermetallic compounds in the data base Pearson's Crystal Data, uncovers important structural relationships and illustrates the relative simplicity of most of the general structural building principles. It also shows that a large variety of actual structures can be related to a rather small number of aristotypes. The text aims to be readable and beneficial in one way or another to everyone interested in intermetallic phases, from graduate students to experts in solid state chemistry and physics, and materials science. For that purpose it avoids the use of enigmatic abstract terminology for the classification of structures. Instead, it focuses on the statistical analysis of crystal structures and structure types in order to draw together a larger overview of intermetallics, and indicate the gaps in it - areas still to be explored, and potential sources of worthwhile research. The text should be read as a reference guide to the incredibly rich world of intermetallic phases.--Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-554) and index.
    Contents
    • Factors governing structure and stability of intermetallics
    • Crystallographic description of crystal structures
    • Higher-dimensional approach
    • Statistical description and structural correlations
    • Crystal structures of the metallic elements
    • Crystal structures of intermetallic compounds
    • Complex intermetallics (CIMs)
    • Quasicrystals (QCs)
    • Structures and properties of functional intermetallics.
    ISBN
    • 0198714556
    • 9780198714552
    LCCN
    2016932189
    OCLC
    939993738
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