This is a long-needed general introduction to the physics and
chemistry of the liquid-vapor phase transition of metals.
Physicists and physical chemists have made great strides
understanding the basic principles involved, and engineers have
discovered a wide variety of new uses for fluid metals. Yet there
has been no book that brings together the latest ideas and findings
in the field or that bridges the conceptual gap between the
condensed-matter physics relevant to a dense metallic liquid and
the molecular chemistry relevant to a dilute atomic vapor.
Friedrich Hensel and William Warren seek to change that here. They
draw on cutting-edge research and data from carefully selected
fluid-metal systems as they strive to develop a rigorous
theoretical approach to predict the thermodynamic behavior of fluid
metals over the entire liquid-vapor range. This book will appeal to
theoreticians interested in metal-nonmetal transitions or
continuous phase transitions in general. It will also be of great
value to those who need to understand the practical applications of
fluid metals, for example, as a high-temperature working fluid or
as a key component of semiconductor manufacturing. Originally
published in 1999. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest
print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
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University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of
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