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Introductory Word from the
Author
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Acknowledgments
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Outlined Contents for
Chapters 1 to 4
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Symbols, Notations,
Abbreviations
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Chapter 1
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Critical Survey
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1.1
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Critical approach to
"critical phenomena"
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1.2
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First- and second-order phase
transitions
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1.3
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First-order phase transitions
cannot have a "critical point"
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1.4
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General considerations on
lattice energy, polymorphism and phase transitions
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1.4.1
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Taking into account
definitions of a solid phase and a phase transition
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1.4.2
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Controlling factor:
similarity or lowest energy?
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1.4.3
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Why polymorphs sometimes look
similar
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1.4.4
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More than 160 different
mechanisms of one phenomenon
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1.5
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Other classifications
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1.5.1
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Martensitic transformations
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1.5.2
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Displacive - reconstructive
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1.5.3
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Displacive and order-disorder
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1.5.4
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Phenomenological approach: I,
2I, ... etc. types
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1.5.5
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Another phenomenological
classification (Pippard)
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1.6
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The soft-mode concept
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1.7
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The imaginary
"incommensurate" solid state
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1.8
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Ferromagnetism without
Weiss-Heisenberg molecular / exchange field
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Chapter 2
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The Molecular Mechanism of
Solid-State Phase Transitions
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2.1
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Summation of the problems
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2.2
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Crystal growth in a crystal medium
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2.2.1
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The experimental approach
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2.2.2
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Growth of face-bounded single
crystals in crystal medium
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2.2.3
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Using thin crystal plates to
identify interfaces
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2.2.4
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More on orientations of
lattices and interfaces
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2.2.5
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The "odd"
requirements to the molecular mechanism of crystal phase transitions
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2.3
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Edgewise mode of interface
motion
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2.3.1
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Microscopic observation under
high optical resolution
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2.3.2
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The implication of the
edgewise mechanism
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2.4
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Phase transition at the
contact interface
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2.4.1
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Recalling the Hartshorne's
effort
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2.4.2
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Designing the contact
molecular model of interface
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2.4.3
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Phase transition: molecular
relocation at the contact interface
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2.4.4
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The solution of the
Hartshorne's paradox
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2.4.5
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The coupling at the contact
interface
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2.4.6
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General significance and
predicting power of the contact mechanism
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2.5
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Nucleation in crystals
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2.5.1
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Problems with the standard
interpretation
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2.5.2
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Nucleation in small single
crystals
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2.5.3
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Formation of a nucleus: a
predetermined act, rather than a successful random fluctuation
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2.5.4
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The structure of a nucleation
site
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2.6
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Temperature of phase
transition
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2.6.1
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Analogy with crystallization
from melt
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2.6.2
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The meaning of a recorded
transition temperature Ttr
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2.6.3
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The source of typical
ambiguities: discrepancies in the reported temperatures, range of transition,
rounding, hysteresis of critical points
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2.6.4
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Misplacement of transition
temperature - total misinterpretation of the phase transition phenomenon
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2.6.5
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More on hysteresis of
solid-state phase transitions
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2.6.6
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Resume and final notes on
temperature and hysteresis of solid-state phase transitions
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2.6.7
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Example No. 1: The
temperature of phase transition in p-diiodobenzene (PDI)
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2.6.8
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Example No.2: the "Curie
point" in Ni
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2.7
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Order-disorder phase
transitions as crystal growth
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2.7.1
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The deceptive "common
sense"
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2.7.2
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Direct microscopic
observations of C--ODC transitions
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2.7.3
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Order-disorder phase
transition in CH4: no ambiguities
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2.8
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Epitaxial phase transitions
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2.8.1
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Oriented and non-oriented
crystal growth in crystal medium
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2.8.2
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Epitaxial transition in hexamethil
benzene (HMB)
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2.8.3
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Epitaxial transition in DL-norleucine
(DL-N)
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2.8.4
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Significance of layered
structures. Epitaxial nucleation in the interlayer microcracks
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2.8.5
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More examples in support of epitaxial
crystal growth
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2.8.6
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The origin of domain
structures
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2.8.7
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On classification of
solid-state phase transitions
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2.9
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Kinetics of solid-state phase
transitions
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2.9.1
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Definition; current status;
bulk and interface kinetics
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2.9.2
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A more detailed
representation of interface motion
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2.9.3
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Ten experimental facts of
interface kinetics
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2.9.3.1
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No phase transition in
defect-free crystal
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2.9.3.2
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Temperature dependence
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2.9.3.3
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Hysteresis of interface
motion
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2.9.3.4
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Depletion of the reserve of
lattice defects
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2.9.3.5
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Velocity V as a function of
the number of transitions
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2.9.3.6
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Lingering in resting position
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2.9.3.7
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Memory of the previous
position
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2.9.3.8
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Slower start upon repetition
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2.9.3.9
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Acceleration from start
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2.9.3.10
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Acceleration induced by
approaching interface
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2.9.4
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Revision of common concept of
activation energy
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2.9.5
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Relationships between the
controlling parameters
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2.9.6
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The "truly out of
control" kinetics
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Chapter 3
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"Lambda-Anomalies"
and other Apparent Anomalies
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3.1
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The appearance of different
physical properties upon measurement of a heterophase system
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3.2
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Experimental imitation of a
"continuous transition" and a "lambda-anomaly"
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3.3
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"Lambda-anomaly" of
volume coefficient of thermal expansion
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3.4
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"Lambda-anomaly" of
heat capacity
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3.4.1
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Special role of the heat
capacity "lambda-peaks"
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3.4.2
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[Nucleation range] + [Latent
heat] = ["Lambda-anomaly"]
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3.4.3
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Hysteresis of the "heat
capacity lambda-anomalies"
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3.4.4
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Instructive story of
"specific heat lambda-anomaly" in NH4Cl
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3.4.5
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Two additional ways to
disprove "specific heat lambda-anomaly"
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3.4.6
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Analyzing old literature data
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3.4.7
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Turning the observed
inconsistencies into a harmony
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3.4.8
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On linear correlation between
specific heat and coefficient of thermal expansion
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3.4.9
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Summary on the mechanism of
phase transition in NH4Cl
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3.5
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"Lambda-anomaly" of
dielectric constant
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3.5.1
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The discordant facts
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3.5.2
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Electric conductance during epitaxial
phase transition
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3.5.3
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Peak of dielectric constant
in (NH4)2SO4 phase transition
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3.6
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"Lambda-anomaly" of
light scattering
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3.6.1
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Static source of
"critical opalescence"
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3.6.2
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Revealing experiments by Durvasula
and Gammon
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3.6.3
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Light scattering by nuclei
and interfaces
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3.6.4
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The correct solution has been
proposed, but ignored
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3.6.5
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Light scattering in NH4Cl
and quartz phase transitions
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3.7
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"Lambda-anomaly" of
neutron scattering
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3.8
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On solid-state phase
transitions, their molecular mechanism and anomalies - final notes with some
philosophical and psychological overtones
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Chapter 4
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Fundamentals of Ferromagnetism
and Ferroelectricity
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4.1
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Unsatisfactory state of the
theory and suggested new solution
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4.2
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Ferroelectric and
ferromagnetic phase transitions
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4.2.1
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Ferroelectric phase
transitions
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4.2.2
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Ferromagnetic phase
transitions
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4.2.3
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Ferromagnetic
non-second-order non-phase transition in iron?
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4.3
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Spontaneous magnetization and
spontaneous polarization: why are they spontaneous?
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4.4
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"Curie point", a
misnomer
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4.5
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Origin of domain structures
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4.6
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Two basic components that
make a ferroic
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4.7
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Understanding the cause of magnetostriction
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4.8
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Domain interfaces. Tearing
down Bloch wall
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4.9
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Domain equilibrium in ferroic
structures
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4.10
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Barkhausen effect as
manifestation of crystal growth
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4.11
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Nucleation in single-domain
particles
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4.12
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Magnetization stages. Meaning
of "easy" and "hard" directions
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4.13
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Origin and formation of
hysteresis loops. Magnetization as a counterpart of solid-state phase
transitions
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4.13.1
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Ferroic hysteresis loops:
general remarks
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4.13.2
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Rectangular hysteresis loops
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4.13.3
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"Typical"
hysteresis loops
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4.13.4
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Specificity of ferroelectric
hysteresis loops
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4.13.5
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Double hysteresis loops
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4.14
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Summation of the new
principles
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Appendix 1
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Incomplete List of Different
Solid-State Phase Transitions Found in the Literature
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Appendix 2
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Shortcomings of Adiabatic Calorimetry
and an Unnoticed Advantage of Differential Scanning Calorimetry
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Appendix 3
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Polemic with an Anonymous
Opponent
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Appendix 4
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Publication of a Scientific
Paper of an Experimentalist is Turned Down Because It Undermines the
Authority of Traditional School
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Appendix 5
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On Status of Theory of
Ferromagnetism and Ferroelectricity as Stated by Experts in the Field
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Appendix 6
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Review on "Light
Scattering Near Phase Transitions"
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References
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