R. W. Ohse
Blackwell Science,1985 [ISBN 0632014474]
The purpose of this handbook is to summarize
and assess the vast amount of available data and to provide both the
practicing engineer and basic research worker with a comprehensive survey
of current knowledge on structural, thermodynamic and
transport properties of alkali materials. In order to guarantee a comprehensive
and up-to-date survey of the field, an international team of about eighty
leading scientists from throughout the world was invited to assess their
own specialization as it applies to alkali metals. The first two sections
of the handbook cover the basic relationships and theory of liquid metals
and provide the necessary background and present status. Section 3 on
technological applications summarizes the various applications of alkali
metals in modern technologies. Section 4 gives a complete survey of
the existing techniques of high-purity preparation and its analytical
aspects. The structural, thermodynamic and transport properties and
their methods of evaluation are critically assessed in sections 5 to
7. Solutions of
non-metals in alkali metals are treated in section 8, and in section
9 the binary and ternary alloy systems and their properties are summarized.
Contents
Foreward; Preface; Acknowledgements; Methods
of
Evaluation; Errors and Consistency; Symbols, Units and Conversion Factors,
Key to Notations; Basic Relationships; Theory of Liquid Metals; Technological
Applications; Preparation, Control and Safety of Alkali Metals; Structural
Properties of Liquid Alkali Metals; Thermodynamic Properties; Transport
Properties; Solution of Non-Metals in Alkali Metals; Interalkali Alloys;
Ternary Systems
372 illustrations
1020 pages
© 1998 Blackwell Science
Ltd