Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Errata
- Preface
- A brief guide for the reader
- 1 Introduction and some definitions
- 2 Ferroelastic and co-elastic phase transition
- 3 The Landau potential
- 4 The spontaneous strain
- 5 Coupling between the spontaneous strain and the order parameter
- 6 Macroscopic classification of ferroic and co-elastic crystals
- 7 Ferroelastic and co-elastic twin structures
- 8 Domain mobilities and elastic instabilities in ferroelastic and co-elastic materials
- 9 Specific heat anomalies and the excess entropy
- 10 Coupling between order parameters in ferroelastic and co-elastic crystals
- 11 Gradient coupling and strain modulations
- 12 Some aspects of the kinetic behaviour of ferroelastic and co-elastic crystals: an outlook
- References
- Appendix: An atomistic model for the Landau potential and the origins of the saturation effect
- Index
9 - Specific heat anomalies and the excess entropy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 May 2011
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Errata
- Preface
- A brief guide for the reader
- 1 Introduction and some definitions
- 2 Ferroelastic and co-elastic phase transition
- 3 The Landau potential
- 4 The spontaneous strain
- 5 Coupling between the spontaneous strain and the order parameter
- 6 Macroscopic classification of ferroic and co-elastic crystals
- 7 Ferroelastic and co-elastic twin structures
- 8 Domain mobilities and elastic instabilities in ferroelastic and co-elastic materials
- 9 Specific heat anomalies and the excess entropy
- 10 Coupling between order parameters in ferroelastic and co-elastic crystals
- 11 Gradient coupling and strain modulations
- 12 Some aspects of the kinetic behaviour of ferroelastic and co-elastic crystals: an outlook
- References
- Appendix: An atomistic model for the Landau potential and the origins of the saturation effect
- Index
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- Phase Transitions in Ferroelastic and Co-elastic Crystals , pp. 118 - 146Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1991