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The physics of ice
The Physics of Ice covers the state of knowledge regarding the structure, properties, occurrence, and movement of ice. This book is composed of eight chapters, and begins with an introduction and in the fundamental aspects of ice, including pure water freezing, circulation, occurrence, classificatio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, New York,
Pergamon Press
[�1965]
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| Edición: | [1st ed.]. |
| Colección: | Commonwealth and international library of science, technology, engineering, and liberal studies. Geophysics division)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Physics of Ice; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. Introduction; 1.1 The Freezing of Pure Water; 1.2 Effect of Impurities; 1.3 Circulation; 1.4 The Occurrence and Classification of Ice; 1.5 Importance of Ice; 1.6 Special Types of High-pressure Ice; CHAPTER 2. Sea Ice; 2.1 The Composition of Sea Water; 2.2. The Freezing of Sea Water; 2.3 The Optical Properties of Ice; 2.4 The Structure of Sea Ice; 2.5 Polar Ice; 2.6 The Structure of Fresh-water Ice; CHAPTER 3. Ice Drift; 3.1 Arctic Pack Ice; 3.2 Antarctic Pack Ice; 3.3 Icebergs; CHAPTER 4. Ice Control.
- 4.1 Chemical Melting and the Use of Heat4.2 Icebreakers; 4.3 Air Bubbling; 4.4 Explosives; CHAPTER 5. The Crystallography of Ice; 5.1. The Structure of Water Vapour and Liquid Water; 5.2 Diffraction of X-ray, Neutron, and Electron Beams; 5.3 The Structure of Ice; 5.4 The Positions of the Hydrogen Atoms; 5.5 The Density of Ice and Water; CHAPTER 6. The Mechanical Properties of Ice; 6.1 The Rheological Nature of Ice; 6.2 The Ultimate Strengths of Fresh-water Ice; 6.3 A Theory of Sea Ice; 6.4 Ultimate Strengths of Sea Ice; 6.5 The Elastic Parameters of Ice; 6.6 Friction; 6.7 Density.
- CHAPTER 7. The Thermal and Electrical Properties of Ice7.1 The Thermal Properties of Fresh-water Ice; 7.2 The Thermal Properties of Sea Ice; 7.3 The Electrical Properties of Fresh-water Ice; 7.4 The Electrical Properties of Sea Ice; CHAPTER 8. The Growth and Decay of an Ice Cover; 8.1 Stefan's Law and the Diffusion Equation; 8.2 The Heat Budget Before and After Freeze-Up; 8.3 The Decay of an Ice Cover; Bibliography; Index.