Transport properties of intermetallics

We anticipated the need for other volumes to follow the first four, both to cover topics already mature but not included and others whose time had not yet come. We underestimated both aspects of this need. There is a time for a review of past work when the review itself promotes understanding and stimulates new lines of research. In response to this the publisher will continue the series to assure an evolving authoritative and comprehensive Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths. Volume 5 contains new topics concerning thin films of alloys and compounds, transport properties of intermetallic compounds, catalytic behavior of metallic and non-metallic surfaces, defects and transformations in oxides, physical and chemical properties of fluorides, and spectroscopic properties of lanthanide ions in a variety of ionic hosts. 

J.M. Fournier and E. Gratz, Transport properties of rare earth and actinide intermetallics 409... 

Transport properties of nonmagnetic rare earth intermetallic compounds... 

Rare earth intermetallic (RI) compounds have been the subject of many recent experimental investigations because of the nature and variety of their physical properties (Buschow, 1977, 1979 Kirchmayr and Poldy, 1979). In this review article we concentrate on one aspect of such investigations, namely the transport properties of these interesting compounds. We describe in particular experimental data for the resistivity, thermopower and the thermal conductivity. 

Transport properties of non-magnetic rare earth intermetallic compounds 2.1. Theoretical introduction... 

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