Symmetry and Physical Properties of Crystals (Hardcover)
Introduction.- Symmetry operations.- Crystal lattices.- Relationship between space groups and point groups.- Point groups.- Bravais lattices.- Space groups.- Chemical bonds and crystal structures.- Crystal anisotropy and tensors.- Second-rank tensors.- Stress tensor.- Deformation of a solid. The strain tensor.- Elasticity.- Elastic waves in crystals.- Crystal thermodynamics. Piezoelectricity.- Light propagation in crystals.- Polarization of light by crystals.- Optical activity, or rotatory power.