fit greatly from this book. Atoms and Their. Spectroscopic Properties. V.P. Shevelko. Springer-Verlag, Inc. 333 Meadowlands Parkway. Secaucus, NJ 07094.
jectivity, and bias in evaluation and utility interconnections. This well-written, easy-to-read reference book and tutorial would be useful to those working in the field of distributed power generation. Power system planners, power engineers, plant managers, DG manufacturers, as well as anyone wanting to learn more about distributed generation will benefit greatly from this book.
A clear and concise background is written for each topic area. The author assumes the reader has some basic background in quantum mechanics. This advanced book is for experimentalists working in the field of atomic physics, specialists in atomic spectroscopy, gas dynamics, chemical kinetics, including polymer chemists working in plasma deposition and plasma kinetics research.
Atoms and Their Spectroscopic Properties
Polymer and Composite Rheology, second edition
V.P. Shevelko Springer-Verlag, Inc. 333 Meadowlands Parkway Secaucus, NJ 07094 http://www.springer.de Phone +1 800 777 4643 Fax +1 201 348 4505 ISBN 3-540-61789-2 202 pp.; $138.00 (Hardback), 1997
by R. K. Gupta Marcel Dekker, Inc. 270 Madison Ave. New York, NY 10016 http://www.dekker.com Phone +1 800 228 1160 Fax +1 212 685 4540 ISBN 0-8247-9922-4 390 pp.; $150.00 ($69.75 for classroom use), (hardback) 2000
Some of the areas in electrical insulation that apply atomic spectroscopy and the physics of atomic collisions include dielectric surface modification, film deposition, surface discharges, diamond growth, and plasma switching. This book, Atoms and Their Spectroscopic Properties, is about atomic radiative characteristics and elementary processes occurring in astrophysical and laboratory plasmas. The topics include energy levels, Lamb shifts, electric multipole polarizabilities, oscillator strengths, transition probabilities, and charge transfer cross-sections. The book consists of two main parts. The first half deals with energy-level transition probabilities, atomic polarizabilities, fine and hyperfine structure, angular momentum, and selection rules. The second half contains data on collisional characteristics such as cross-sections and the corresponding Maxwellian rate coefficients for photo-ionization, excitation, single and multiple electron ionization, and electron capture. Simple analytical formulas and numerous tables and figures of data allow one to estimate atomic properties without the need for numerical computations.
Knowledge of the flow characteristics of polymers and filled polymers is important to anyone involved in processing these systems, which certainly includes many readers of electrical insulation. This particular book is aimed at students and at those who need information on a particular topic. There are several introductory chapters that discuss the concepts of polymer rheology, instrumentation, and viscosity of polymers under various conditions. These chapters comprise about one-third of the book. The remaining chapters focus on rheology of various types of polymer systems. It is this information, collected in one place, that makes this book an especially useful reference. Among the special topics covered by the author are rigid rod and liquid crystal polymers, solid-in-liquid suspensions, short-fiber suspensions, emulsions, gas-containing melts and foams, and powders and granular materials. There are also chapters on multiphase systems, gelation, melt fracture, and flow through porous media. All of these topics are relevant to electrical insulation, where one is working with thermosets, filled polymers, coatings based on suspended fillers, etc. Each of these chapters provides a good
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survey of the topic and numerous references to the literature. —K. F. Schoch, Jr.
Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Volume 519 R. M. Laine, C. Sanchez, C. J. Brinker, and E. Giannelis, eds. Materials Research Society 506 Keystone Dr. Warrendale, PA 15086 http://www.mrs.org 414 pp.; $81.00 ($71.00 for MRS members) Organic/inorganic hybrid materials have unique combinations of properties because they combine characteristics of both classes of materials on the molecular level. In many cases they have superior mechanical, thermal, or electrical properties compared to conventional materials. This volume contains papers presented at the April 1998 meeting of the Materials Research Society. Among the topics covered in this book are molecular hybrid materials, self-assembled and template-grown synthesis, characterization, biomaterials, electrical and optical properties, mechanical properties, and processing. Of particular interest to readers of electrical insulation would be papers on electrical and optical properties of various nanocomposites, mechanical properties of polymers filled with nanophase materials, underfill encapsulants based on epoxyfunctionalized silsesquioxanes. —K. F. Schoch, Jr.
Electronic Packaging and Interconnection Handbook, 3rd edition C.A. Harper The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 11 West 19th St New York, NY 10011 http://www.mcgraw-hill.com Phone +1 800 352-3566 ISBN #0-07-134745-3 $125.00 (Hardback), 2000
Electronic packaging, “a combination of engineering and manufacturing IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine
