Hume-Rothery rule References Hume-Rothery rule physics Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: quasicrystal/ Electric propertiesThis is known as the Hume-Rothery rule for alloy formation. Since the Fermi-surface electrons are the highest-energy electrons, diminishing the number of such electrons may lower the overall energy. Read MoreThis is known as the Hume-Rothery rule for alloy formation. Since the Fermi-surface electrons are the highest-energy electrons, diminishing the number of such electrons may lower the overall energy. Read More
