An introduction to the liquid state

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An introduction to the liquid state

P.A. Egelstaff

(Oxford series on neutron scattering in condensed matter, 7)

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1994, c1992

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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Previous ed.: London : Academic Press, 1967

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a completely revised edition of a book originally published 25 years ago. While the general content, layout, and style of this edition follows that of the original, the second edition reflects the enormous expansion of theoretical and experimental research that has taken place over the past quarter of a century. The book, now available in paperback, is an introductory rather than a specialist work aimed at first year-graduate students of physics and is accessible to those who have taken undergraduate courses in mathematics and statistical thermodynamics. Each chapter ends with a short set of references for further reading, and exercises are provided for the reader. This volume covers the 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 of liquids fall under each topic. The author takes an atomic or molecular view of liquids, concentrating on the pair distribution and pair potential functions, illustrating how properties can be calculated from first principles and compared with experimental results. The experimental techniques used involve scattering both for equilibrium and dynamic measurements.

Table of Contents

  • 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

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  • NCID
    BA22883544
  • ISBN
    • 0198517505
  • LCCN
    91046333
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford,New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 390 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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