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<h2>Acta Crystallographica Section A</h2><h3>Crystal Physics, Diffraction, Theoretical and General Crystallography</h3><h3>0567-7394</h3> <h2>book reviews</h2> Volume 35 Part 2 Page 345 March 1979 <h2> Magnetism and metallurgy of soft magnetic materials by C.-W. Chen</h2> J. P. Jakubovics Acta Cryst. (1979). A35, 345 Magnetism and metallurgy of soft magnetic materials. By C.-W. CHEN. Pp. xviii + 571. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1977. Price $71.50, Dfl 175.00. This is another useful book in the series Selected Topics in Solid-State Physics. It deals mainly with soft magnetic materials, which are technologically and economically the most important of all magnetic materials. The book covers a sufficiently wide range of topics to be of interest to engineers and metallurgists as well as physicists. The first four chapters deal with basic principles. This part of the book is relevant to all magnetic materials and is useful to anyone seeking a general introduction to ferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism. Chapter 5 deals with metallurgical aspects, with particular reference to soft magnetic materials. Chapter 6 describes applications, with sections devoted to each of the main types of materials. The final chapter is concerned with special topics, of which the author has singled out two as being of special importance: radiation effects and bubble