Heat Capacity and Thermal Expansion at Low Temperatures

1. Introduction.- 1.1. Thermodynamic Properties at Low Temperatures.- 1.2. Implications for Design of Equipment.- 1.3. Useful Theoretical Concepts.- 1.4. Plan of This Book.- 2. Basic Theory and Techniques.- 2.1. Introduction.- 2.2. Thermodynamics.- 2.3. Statistical Mechanics.- 2.4. Bonding and Interatomic Potentials.- 2.5. Some Model Systems.- 2.6. Lattice Vibrations.- 2.7. Approximate Equations of State.- 2.8. Anisotropic Strain and Stress: Elasticity.- 2.9. Calculation of , and from Elastic Data.- 2.10. Internal Strain.- 3. Measurement Techniques.- 3.1. General Principles.- 3.2. Heat Capacity … by S. J. Collocott.- 3.3. Thermal Expansion.- 3.4. Elastic Moduli.- 4. Fluids.- 4.1. Introduction.- 4.2. Gases.- 4.3. Liquids and Dense Gases.- 4.4. Quantum Fluids; Liquid Helium.- 5. Non-Metals.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. Rare Gas Solids.- 5.3. Rocksalt Structure.- 5.4. Fluorite Structure.- 5.5. Tetrahedrally Bonded Crystals.- 5.6. Useful Oxides: ?-Al203, MgO, ?-Si02, Ti02, Th02, Zr02(stab.).- 5.7. Glasses and Glass Ceramics.- 5.8. Highly Anisotropic Crystals.- 5.9. Polymers.- 5.10. High Tc Superconductors.- 5.11. Non-Metallic Magnetic Crystals.- 5.12. Mixed Systems, Dipoles etc..- 6. Metals.- 6.1. Introduction.- 6.2. Cubic Metals.- 6.3. Non-Cubic Metals.- 6.4. Magnetic Metals.- 6.5. Type I and Type II Superconductors.- 6.6. Heavy Electron Metals.- 7. Polycrystals, Composites and Aggregates.- 7.1. Introduction.- 7.2. Theory.- 7.3. Experiment.- 8. Cryocrystals, Clathrates and Curiosities.- 8.1. Cryocrystals.- 8.2. Other Rotationally Disordered Crystals.- 8.3. Clathrates.- 8.4. Curiosities.- 9. Conclusion.- Appendix A. Axes and Unit Cells in Crystals.- Appendix B. Manipulating Thermodynamic Expressions.- Appendix C. Tables.- Appendix D. Commonly Used Symbols.- References.