Front Cover; Solid State Physics, Volume 7; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors to Volume 7; Preface; Contents of Previous Volumes; Articles Planned for Future Volumes; Chapter 1. Thermal Conductivity and Lattice Vibrational Modes; I. Introduction; II. Theory of Heat Transport by Lattice Vibrations; III. Thermal Conductivity of Nonmetals; IV. Thermal Conductivity of Metals, Alloys, and Semiconductors; Chapter 2. Electron Energy Bands in Solids; I. Introduction and General Theory; II. The Alkali Metals; III. Metals of Groups II and III; IV. Elements of Group IV and Related Semiconductors.

V. The Transition MetalsVI. Other Substances; VII. Conclusions and Prospects; Chapter 3. The Elastic Constants of Crystals; I. General Considerations; II. Experimental Methods; III. Elastic Constants for Various Materials; IV. Variation with Temperature and Pressure; V. Influence of Composition, Phase Changes, and Relaxation Phenomena; VI. Acknowledgments; VII. List of Symbols; Chapter 4. Wave Packets and Transport of Electrons in Metals; I. Introduction; II. Uncertainty Principle and Degeneracy; III. Degenerate Systems; IV. Electron-Impurity Scattering; Angular Momentum.

V. Phonon InteractionsVI. Transport Phenomena; Chapter 5. Study of Surfaces by Using New Tools; I. Introduction; II. Model of a Spherical Surface of a Tungsten Single Crystal; III. Experiments with the Ion Gauge; IV. Experiments with the Field Emission Microscope (FEM); V. The Field Ion Microscope (FIM); Chapter 6. The Structures of Crystals; I. Some Basic Geometry; II. Tetrahedral Coordination of Metal Atoms in Close-Packed Structures.; III. Octahedral Coordination of Metal Atoms in Close-Packed Oxides and Halides; IV. Structures Based on Close-Packed AX8 Layers.

V. Tetrahedral and Octahedral Coordination in Close-Packed StructuresVI. Structures with Very High Coordination Numbers.; VII. Structures Based on 3-Connected Nets; VIII. Structures Based on 4-Connected Nets; IX. Structures Based on 6-Connected Nets; X. Structures Based on 8-Connected Nets; XI. Relations between Crystal Structures; Author Index; Subject Index.