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... equilibrium ( see Chapter 16 ) . Assumption 2 is a particularly simple way of representing quantitatively the fact that it is the role of collisions to maintain thermodynamic equilibrium at whatever local temperature is imposed by the ...
... equilibrium ( see Chapter 16 ) . Assumption 2 is a particularly simple way of representing quantitatively the fact that it is the role of collisions to maintain thermodynamic equilibrium at whatever local temperature is imposed by the ...
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... equilibrium position is R , and M is the atomic mass . THE HARMONIC APPROXIMATION For a pair potential of the ... equilibrium positions . If all the u ( R ) are small , then we can expand the potential energy U about its equilibrium ...
... equilibrium position is R , and M is the atomic mass . THE HARMONIC APPROXIMATION For a pair potential of the ... equilibrium positions . If all the u ( R ) are small , then we can expand the potential energy U about its equilibrium ...
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... equilibrium sites , their displacements from those equilibrium sites are small . 2. Harmonic Approximation We have assumed that we can calculate accurately the properties of solids by retaining only the leading nonvanishing term in the ...
... equilibrium sites , their displacements from those equilibrium sites are small . 2. Harmonic Approximation We have assumed that we can calculate accurately the properties of solids by retaining only the leading nonvanishing term in the ...
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The Drude Theory of Metals | 1 |
The Sommerfeld Theory of Metals | 29 |
Failures of the Free Electron Model | 57 |
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