Tensor Properties of Solids presents the phenomenological development of solid state properties
represented as matter tensors in two parts: Part I on equilibrium tensor properties and Part II
on transport tensor properties.Part I begins with an introduction to tensor notation
transformations algebra and calculus together with the matrix representations.
Crystallography as it relates to tensor properties of crystals completes the background
treatment. A generalized treatment of solid-state equilibrium thermodynamics leads to the
systematic correlation of equilibrium tensor properties. This is followed by developments
covering first- second- third- and higher-order tensor effects. Included are the generalized
compliance and rigidity matrices for first-order tensor properties Maxwell relations effect
of measurement conditions and the dependent coupled effects and use of interaction diagrams.
Part I concludes with the second- and higher-order effects including numerous optical tensor
properties.Part II presents the driving forces and fluxes for the well-known proper
conductivities. An introduction to irreversible thermodynamics includes the concepts of
microscopic reversibility Onsager's reciprocity principle entropy density production and the
proper choice of the transport parameters. This is followed by the force-flux equations for
electronic charge and heat flow and the relationships between the proper conductivities and
phenomenological coefficients. The thermoelectric effects in solids are discussed and extended
to the piezothermoelectric and piezoresistance tensor effects. The subjects of thermomagnetic
galvanomagnetic and thermogalvanomagnetic effects are developed together with other
higher-order magnetotransport property tensors.A glossary of terms expressions and symbols
are provided at the end of the text and end-of-chapter problems are provided on request.
Endnotes provide the necessary references for further reading.Table of Contents: I. Equilibrium
Tensor Properties of Solids Introduction Introduction to Tensor Notation Tensor
Transformations Tensor Calculus and Matrix Representation Crystal Systems Symmetry
Elements and Symmetry Transformations Generalized Thermostatics and the Systematic
Correlation of Physical Properties The Dependent Coupled Effects and the Interrelationships
Between First-Order Tensor Properties - Use of Interaction Diagrams Third- and Fourth-Rank
Tensor Properties - Symmetry Considerations Second- and Higher-Order Effects - Symmetry
Considerations II. Transport Properties of Solids Introduction to Transport Properties and
the Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes Thermoelectric Piezothermoelectric and
Diffusive Effects in Solids Effect of Magnetic Field on the Transport Properties Appendix
A: Magnetic Tensor Properties Magnetic Crystals and the Combined Space-Time Transformations
Endnotes Glossary Biography Index
