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The physics of phase transitions : concepts and applications

Title
The physics of phase transitions : concepts and applications / P. Papon, J. Leblond, P.H.E. Meijer ; translated from the French by S.L. Schnur.
Author
Papon, Pierre, 1939-
Publication
Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Leblond, Jacques.
  • Meijer, Paul H. E. (Paul Herman Ernst), 1921-2017.
Description
xvii, 397 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Advanced texts in physics, 1439-2674
Uniform Title
  • Physique des transitions de phases. English
  • Advanced texts in physics.
Alternative Title
Physique des transitions de phases.
Subject
  • Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
  • Phasenumwandlung
  • Fase-overgangen
  • Thermodynamica
  • Phasenumwandlung
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • 1. Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics of Phase Transitions -- 2. Dynamics of Phase Transitions -- 3. Phase Transitions in Liquids and Solids: Solidification and Melting -- 4. Phase Transitions in Fluids -- 5. The Glass Transition -- 6. Gelation and Transitions in Biopolymers -- 7. Transitions and Collective Phenomena in Solids. New Properties -- 8. Collective Phenomena in Liquids: Liquid Crystals and Superfluidity -- 9. Microstructures, Nanostructures and Phase Transitions -- 10. Transitions in Thin Films -- 11. Phase Transitions under Extreme Conditions and in Large Natural and Technical Systems.
  • A. Conditions for Phase Equilibrium -- B. Percus-Yevick Equation -- C. Renormalization Group Theory.
ISBN
  • 3540432361
  • 9783540432364
LCCN
2002276534
OCLC
  • ocm49260785
  • 49260785
  • SCSB-1257526
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library