P. A. Egelstaff

An Introduction to the Liquid State

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a completely revised and rewritten edition of a popular postgraduate physics text originally published 25 years ago. While the general content and style of this edition follow that of the original, the book now reflects the enormous expansion of theoretical and experimental research that has taken place over the past quarter of a century. The book provides an excellent introduction to the liquid state. It aims to cover the simpler and more basic parts of this vast topic while preserving a balance between different areas. The author breaks the subject down by liquid state topic rather than by class of liquid, so that all classes can fall under each topic. The text takes a simple atomic view of liquids, concentrating on the pair distribution and pair potential functions, illustrating how properties can be calculated from first principles and the results compared with experiment. The experimental techniques used involve scattering both for equilibrium and dynamic measurements, and considerable attention is devoted to this aspect. The book is aimed at first year graduate students of physics and those who have taken undergraduate courses in mathematics and statistical thermodynamics. Many helpful exercises are included in this edition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Second
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9780198517504
• ISBN-10: 0198517505
• Artikelnr.: 21509857

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to 1st edition
Preface to 2nd edition
General list of symbols
1: General Properties of Liquids
2: Distribution Functions and Their Properties
3: Measurement of Distribution Functions
4: Summary of Interatomic and Intermolecular Interactions
5: The Pair Theory of Liquids - Equilibrium Properties
6: Computer Simulations and Perturbation Theory
7: Discussion of Equilibrium Properties on the Pair Theory
8: Effects Beyond the Classical Pair Theory of Liquids
9: Space and Time Dependent Distribution Functions
10: Properties and Models of the Dynamic Structure
11: Diffusion and single Particle Motion
12: The Velocity Correlation Function
13: Phenomenological Treatments of Transport Coefficients
14: Collective Modes of Motion at Low Frequencies
15: Collective Modes of Motion at High Frequencies
16: Liquid Dynamics on the Microscopic Scale
Appendix
Exercises
Index