Posted by Jude the Obscure on April 8, 2013, 9:44 pm
When we are considering the diatomic chain in chapter 9 we have 2 different spring constants. Why (physically) would there be 2 rather than just 1 as surely by symmetry the bond from atom 1 to atom 2 is the same as from atom 2 to atom 1?
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