Table of Contents

The world of inorganic glasses. The glassy state. The glass transition phenomenon. Structural techniques. Theoretical studies. D.C. conductivity. A.C. conductivity. Semiconducting glasses. Relaxation phenomena. Elastic properties and pressure effects. Optical properties. Oxide glasses. Chalcogenide glasses. Other glasses.

Reviews

from:Richard K. Brown
"Professor Rao has delivered a well-written treatise on the physical chemical aspects of inorganic glasses that should find its place on the shelves of researchers and students of these interesting materials" --Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 125