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PREFACE
With regard to symbols, in the text material I elected to boldface those symbols
that are italicized in the textbook. Furthermore, I also endeavored to be consistent
relative to symbol style. However, in several instances, symbols that appear in the
textbook were not available, and it was necessary to make appropriate substitutions.
These include the following: the letter a (unit cell edge length, crack length) is used in
place of the cursive a. And Roman E and F replace script E (electric field in Chapter
18) and script F (Faraday's constant in Chapter 17), respectively.