Temperature and Dependence of the Dielectric Constant of Ionic Crystals

Temperature and Dependence of the Dielectric Constant of Ionic Crystals
Author: Ronald Fuchs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 35
Release: 1961
Genre: Dielectrics
ISBN:

Two distinct physical processes contribute to the temperature dependence of the low-frequency dielectric constant: the effect of thermal expansion on ionic and electronic polarizabilitiesAND DENSITY AND A PURE TEMPERATURE EFFECT WITH THE VOLUME HELD CONSTANT. The contributions from these processes can be determined from separate measurements of the temperature and pressure coefficients of the dielectric constant. The temperature coefficient at constant volume is due to both the anharmonic terms in the expansion of the lattic energy as a function of ionic displacements and the nonlinear dependence of the polarization on ionic displacements. It is possible to explain qualitatively why the temperature coefficient at constant volume changes from positive to negative as the dielectric constant increases. A correlation can be made between various temperature effects and the infrared absorption spectrum. (Author).

NBS Monograph

NBS Monograph
Author: United States. National Bureau of Standards
Publisher:
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1959
Genre: Physics
ISBN:

High Pressure Geochemistry & Mineral Physics

High Pressure Geochemistry & Mineral Physics
Author: S. Mitra
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 1271
Release: 2004-12-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 008045822X

Significant achievements have been made at the cross-roads of physics and planetary science. In the second half of the twentieth century, the discipline of planetary sciences has witnessed three major episodes which have revolutionized its approach and content: (i) the plate-tectonic theory, (ii) human landing and discoveries in planetary astronomy and (iii) the extraordinary technical advancement in high P-T studies, which have been abetted by a vast improvement in computational methods. Using these new computational methods, such as first principles including ab initio models, calculations have been made for the electronic structure, bonding, thermal EOS, elasticity, melting, thermal conductivity and diffusivity. In this monograph, the boundaries of the definitions of a petrologist, geochemist, geophysicist or a mineralogist have been willfully eliminated to bring them all under the spectrum of "high-pressure geochemistry" when they deal with any material (quintessentially a chemical assemblage) - terrestrial or extraterrestrial - under the conditions of high-pressure and temperature. Thus, a petrologist using a spectrometer or any instrument for high-pressure studies of a rock or a mineral, or a geochemist using them for chemical synthesis and characterization, is better categorized as a "high-pressure geochemist" rather than any other kind of disciplinarian. The contents of this monograph bring together, under one cover, apparently disparate disciplines like solid-earth geophysics and geochemistry as well as material science and condensed-matter physics to present a thorough overview of high pressure geochemistry. Indeed, such interdisciplinary activities led to the discovery of new phenomena such as high P-T behaviour in metal oxides (e.g. Mott transition), novel transitions such as amorphization, changes in order-disorder in crystals and the anomalous properties of oxide melts.

Electronic Properties of Materials

Electronic Properties of Materials
Author: H. Thayne Johnson
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 1697
Release: 2013-11-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1475708394

HIS FIRST EDITION OF Electronic Properties of Force Materials Laboratory, where Air Force respon T Materials: A Guide to the Literature initiates a sibility for these contracts has resided. Mr. John W. plan for making available the indexing work of the Atwood is Project Manager at Hughes Aircraft Electronic Properties Information Center. Since the Company. inception of EPIC in June, 1961, a basic objective has Professional members of EPIC are Charles L. M. been to use techniques and procedures that would Blocher, Donald L. Grigsby, Dana H. Johnson, allow maximum distribution and use of EPIC output. Thomas J. Lyndon, John T. Milek, Meta S. Neu Accordingly, data processing and reproduction tech berger, and Emil Schafer. All have ably contributed niques were established to reproduce and distribute to this work. Mr. Johnson and Mrs. Neuberger have easily and economically a few copies of what was been primarily responsible for the indexing effort; then a card index. Mr. Lyndon has supervised the classical library pro As the program advanced, it became apparent that cedures and the clerical effort; Mr. Blocher and Mr. a few copies of the index were not enough. The index Grigsby have controlled the indexing vocabulary, the should be available to all, instead of just a select few. cross-references, and the data processing input; and However, this would have meant so many copies that Mr. Schafer has prepared the very excellent glossary, the cost would have drained funds from the program with the assistance of Mr. Milek.

Photoelastic and Electro-Optic Properties of Crystals

Photoelastic and Electro-Optic Properties of Crystals
Author: T. S. Narasimhamurty
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 535
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1475700253

This comprehensive treatise reviews, for the first time, all the essential work over the past 160 years on the photoelastic and the closely related linear and quadratic electro-optic effects in isotropic and crystalline mate rials. Emphasis is placed on the phenomenal growth of the subject during the past decade and a half with the advent of the laser, with the use of high-frequency acousto-optic and electro-optic techniques, and with the discovery of new piezoelectric materials, all of which have offered a feedback to the wide interest in these two areas of solid-state physics. The first of these subjects, the photoelastic effect, was discovered by Sir David Brewster in 1815. He first found the effect in gels and subsequently found it in glasses and crystals. While the effect remained of academic interest for nearly a hundred years, it became of practical value when Coker and Filon applied it to measuring stresses in machine parts. With one photograph and subsequent analysis, the stress in any planar model can be determined. By taking sections of a three-dimensional model, complete three-dimensional stresses can be found. Hence this effect is widely applied in industry.

Electrical Properties of Rocks

Electrical Properties of Rocks
Author: E. I. Parkhomenko
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1461586097

Recently there has been growing interest in the physical properties of rocks. To interpret data on the geophysical fields observed near the Earth's surface, we must know the physical properties of the materials composing the interior. Moreover, the development of geophysical methods (in particular, electrical methods) is necessitating a multiple approach to the study of the physical properties of rocks and minerals. In connection with problems now appearing, the physical properties of rocks must be studied in the laboratory under var ious thermodynamic conditions. Electrical methods of geophysi cal exploration often may require only data obtained at atmos pheric pressure and room temperature, or at temperatures below 100°C. If, however, we have in mind geophysical field observa tions on the composition and state of matter deep in the Earth's crust and mantle, we must conduct laboratory experiments at high pressures and temperatures. For example, in interpreting data from geomagnetic soundings of the mantle, we may need experi mental results on the electrical properties of rocks at pressures of tens of kilobars and temperatures of the order of lOOO°C. In this connection, we must remember that pressure has relatively little effect on the electrical properties of rocks, whereas, tem perature affects them very strongly. v vi FOREWORD At present, while research into the mechanical properties of rocks (relating to the problems of geophysics, geochemistry, geology, and mining) is pressing forward on a wide front, much less work is being done with electrical properties.