The theory of the properties of metals and alloys,

This book is a must read for a beginner as well as advanced students of Physics, Materials, and Electrical Engineering. Thank you Thrift Book for a wonderful service. The book is in excellent condition.

A great, old book on the physics of metals.

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Sir Neville Mott shared the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physics with Phil Anderson and Van Vleck for his work in solid state physics. This classic text reflects Mott's contributions to this field. The section of this book that I particularly enjoyed reading as a graduate student in the 1970's was the treatment of the Hume-Rothery rules. Using the radius of Wigner's Seitz cells, the authors show that different crystal lattices lead to different values of the number of electron per atom (pp.170-174), with a ratios for bcc, fcc, and hcp lattices found to be 1.480, 1.538, and 1.750, respectively. Keeping in mind that each Cu and Zn atom donate one and two electrons respectively to the free electron gas of the metal, a Cu-Zn alloy (i.e. brass) goes from fcc to hcp as the Zn content increases. An analogous point not discussed in this book is the tendency for stacking faults (which are equivalent to one layer of hcp) to appear in fcc alloys as the number of electrons per atom is increased by alloying additions.A British colleague who studied at Cambridge once told me the story of Sir Neville Mott's reception at this university after returning after receiving the Nobel prize. Mott had brought with him a film (those being the days before Youtube videos or even videotapes) showing the ceremony in which he received the prize. After watching the ceremony on film, Sir Neville expressed the desire to see the film played a second time as "I quite enjoyed that! Let's see it again!" at which point the film was played a second time.On a more practical note, I would voice a single criticism of this book: that the index is not complete. In order to find the section treating the Hume-Rothery rules, for example, you need to look to the table of contents--which is quite complete.