Author: K.J. Rao
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: glasses, chemistry, structural
Number of Pages: 584
Published: 2002-07-10
List price: $197.00
ISBN-10: 0080439586
ISBN-13: 9780080439587
Structural Chemistry of Glasses provides detailed coverage of the subject for students and professionals involved in the physical chemistry aspects of glass research. Starting with the historical background and importance of glasses, it follows on with methods of preparation, structural and bonding theories, and criteria for glass formation including new approaches such as the constraint model.Glass transition is considered, as well as the wide range of theoretical approaches that are used to understand this phenomenon. The author provides a detailed discussion of Boson peaks, FSDP, Polymorph
Author: Henry Jame
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Keywords: glasses
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2004-06-30
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1419121820
ISBN-13: 9781419121821
It befell at this period, just before Christmas, that on my having gone under pressure of the season into a great shop to buy a toy or two, my eyes fleeing from superfluity, lighted at a distance on the bright concretion of Flora Saunt, an exhibitability that held its own even against the most plausible pinkness of the most developed dolls.
Authors:Fuxi Gan, Lei Xu,
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Keywords: glasses, photonic
Number of Pages: 460
Published: 2006-09-07
List price: $107.00
ISBN-10: 9812568204
ISBN-13: 9789812568205
This book introduces the fundamental mechanism of photonic glasses - the linear and nonlinear optical effects in glass under intense light irradiation: photo-induced absorption, refraction, polarization, frequency, coherence and monochromaticity changes. Emphasis is placed on new developments in the structure, spectroscopy and physics of new glassy materials for photonics applications, such as optical communication, optical data storage, new lasers and new photonic components and devices. The book presents the research results of the authors in new glasses for photonics over the last decade.
Author: W.H. Dr. Bates
Publisher: Orient Paperbacks,India
Keywords: glasses, eyesight
Published: 2008-11-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 812220449X
ISBN-13: 9788122204490
Author: Tom Standage
Publisher: Walker Publishing Company
Keywords: glasses, world, history
Number of Pages: 311
Published: 2006-05-16
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0802715524
ISBN-13: 9780802715524
From beer to Coca-Cola, the six drinks that have helped shape human historyThroughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority and charm, six of them have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history, becoming the defining drink during a pivotal historical period. A History of the World in 6 Glasses tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the 21st century through the lens of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola. Beer was first made in the Fertile Crescent and by 3000 B.C.E. was so import
Author: Arun K. Varshneya
Publisher: Academic Press
Keywords: glasses, inorganic, fundamentals
Number of Pages: 570
Published: 1993-11-04
List price: $197.00
ISBN-10: 0127149708
ISBN-13: 9780127149707
Although several fine volumes have been published on special topics in glass, Fundamentals of Inorganic Glasses is the first book to provide the breadth required of a comprehensive undergraduate textbook. In a clear tutorial style, this volume provides comprehensive coverage of the composition, structure, and properties of inorganic glasses. Designed to serve as the primary text for "glass science" courses at the upper-undergraduate level, this book facilitates learning with a clear discussion of fundamental concepts, chapter-ending problem sets, an emphasis on key ideas, and timely notes on
Author: A. Ray Hilton
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Keywords: optics, infrared, glasses, chalcogenide
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2009-12-07
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 0071596976
ISBN-13: 9780071596978
Cutting-edge techniques for yielding high-quality chalcogenide glasses This pioneering work describes the technology, developed over a 50-year period, to utilize chalcogenide glasses as infrared optical materials. Methods for qualitatively identifying chalcogenide glass compositions and producing high-purity homogeneous glass are discussed. Chalcogenide Glasses for Infrared Optics includes unique production techniques developed through the author’s work at both Texas Instruments (TI) and Amorphous Materials, Inc. (AMI). The production of vacuum float zoned silicon, gallium
