Transport and thermodynamic properties of rare earth compounds and alloys

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Physics) === Rare-earth (RE) elements possess an incompletely lled 4f shell, which is very small compared to typical interatomic distances. As a result of this, RE elements and compounds exhibit characteristic properties, which deviate signi cantly from those of other sys...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bashir, Aiman Kamal Hamed
Other Authors: Bertin Tchoula Tchokonte, Moise
Language:en
Published: University of the Western Cape 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6190