Models of Disorder - The Theoretical Physics of Homogeneously Disordered Systems

This 1979 book discusses how the physical and chemical properties of disordered systems can be explained by theories based on a variety of mathematical models.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Cellular disorder; 2. Topographical disorder; 3. Continuum disorder; 4. The observation of disorder; 5. Statistical mechanics of substitutional disorder; 6. Thermodynamics of topological disorder; 7. Macromolecular disorder; 8. Excitations on a disordered linear chain; 9. Excitations on a disordered lattice; 10. Electrons in disordered metals; 11. Excitations of a toplogically disordered network; 12. Dilute and amorphous magnets; 13. Electrons in 'gases'; References; Index.

Summary

This 1979 book discusses how the physical and chemical properties of disordered systems such as liquids, glasses, alloys, amorphous semiconductors, polymer solutions and magnetic materials can be explained by theories based on a variety of mathematical models, including random assemblies of hard spheres, tetrahedrally-bonded networks and lattices of 'spins'.

Product details

• Authors: J. M. Ziman, Ziman J. M.
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.09.1979
• EAN: 9780521292801
• ISBN: 978-0-521-29280-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 31 mm
• Weight: 915 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / General, MATHEMATICS / General, Mathematics & science, Mathematics and science