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The first eight Solvay Conferences on Physics had dealt with the general development of quantum physics and the structure of matter. Since the creation of quantum mechanics and its application to a wide variety of phenomena, new fields of physics had been growing up. The subject of solid state physics had emerged into prominence and many fundamental problems occupied physicists working in it in different countries. The ninth and tenth Solvay Conferences were devoted to a discussion of these problems in solid state physics. The questions of crystal growth, grains and dislocations in ‘The Solid State’ were discussed at the ninth Conference. The theme of the tenth Conference was ‘The Electrons in Metals’. The electrical conductivity of metals had been discussed at the fourth Solvay Conference in 1924, but since quantum mechanics was then not available the solution of these problems lay in the future. The variety of fields and problems discussed at the ninth and tenth Solvay Conferences is evident from the following accounts of the reports presented in them.

L’État Solide, Rapports et Discussions du Neuvième Conseil de Physique tenu à l’Université libre de Bruxelles du 25 au 29 Septembre 1951, R. Stoops, Brussels, 1952.

Les Électrons dans les Métaux, Rapports et Discussions du Dixième Conseil de Physique tenu à l’Université libre de Bruxelles du 13 au 17 Septembre 1954, R. Stoops, Brussels, 1955.

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Mehra, J. (1975). Solid State Physics. In: The Solvay Conferences on Physics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1867-8_14

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