The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1938 · 217 citations · 2 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsSolid State PhysicsThermodynamicsDisordered SystemsOrder-disorder ThermodynamicsOrder-disorder TransformationsPhase EquilibriaPhase TransitionsStatistical MechanicsDisorderDisorder-induced PropertiesOrder TransitionsOrder-disorder Phase DiagramOrdering PhenomenaPartition FunctionStructural Disorder
A theory of order and disorder in solid solutions, based upon a direct evaluation of the crystalline partition function, is described. As in the theory of Bethe, the fluctuation in energy within states of a fixed degree of order, is taken into account. The method promises to be of use in the study of other cooperative phenomena.
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