Chapter 9
Electrical Properties of Solids: A Material’s Response to an Electromagnetic Field
Learning Objectives
After careful study of this chapter, you should be able to do the following:
1. Describe why electrical properties are important to modern engineering and identify the most important electrical properties that characterize materials.
2. Know Ohm’s law and the relationship between a material’s electrical conductivity, electrical resistivity, and electrical resistance.
3. Explain the origin of electrical conductivity in metals; electrical insulation in most ceramics, glasses, and most polymers; and the semiconducting behavior of some elemental materials and compounds based on the material’s electron band structure.
4. Describe the ...
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