Abstract
A phenomenological thermodynamic treatment of multicomponent, elastically stressed ionic crystals is presented and the conditions for thermodynamic equilibrium derived using a Gibbsian variational approach. By assuming that the electrostatic and electronic contributions to the internal energy density are determined by the local electric displacement and the distribution of unassociated charge between the valence and conduction bands, respectively, (metallic) conductors, semiconductors, and insulators can be treated. This approach is compatible with thermodynamic treatments of stressed metallic systems and the structure‐element description of ionic crystals.
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