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Charles Kittel. METAL CRYSTALS Metals are characterized by high electrical conductivity , and a large num- ber of the electrons in a metal must be free to move about , usually one or two per atom . The electrons available to move about ...
Charles Kittel. METAL CRYSTALS Metals are characterized by high electrical conductivity , and a large num- ber of the electrons in a metal must be free to move about , usually one or two per atom . The electrons available to move about ...
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... metals , and the lanthanide and actinide metals . 1p Conduction electrons in a simple metal arise from the valence electrons of the constituent atoms . In a sodium atom the valence electron is in a 3s state ; in the metal this electron ...
... metals , and the lanthanide and actinide metals . 1p Conduction electrons in a simple metal arise from the valence electrons of the constituent atoms . In a sodium atom the valence electron is in a 3s state ; in the metal this electron ...
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... metal . The pic- ture fails for many transition metal oxides , as de Boer and Verwey observed in 1937. For example , CoO is a semiconductor and not a metal , although the number of electrons is odd . In a number of papers beginning in ...
... metal . The pic- ture fails for many transition metal oxides , as de Boer and Verwey observed in 1937. For example , CoO is a semiconductor and not a metal , although the number of electrons is odd . In a number of papers beginning in ...
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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE | 1 |
CRYSTAL DIFFRACTION AND THE RECIPROCAL LATTICE | 43 |
CRYSTAL BINDING | 95 |
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