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Electrical resistivity and thermopower of europium and ytterbium in the solid and liquid phases

Year: 1980

Type: article

Abstract: Measurements of electrical resistivity, rho , and thermopower, S, of solid (above room temperature) and liquid high-purity Eu and Yb are reported. No evidence for the suggested 'transition' in solid Yb at about 300 degrees C is seen in either rho (T) or S(T). Measured values for rho , d rho /dT, and S for these liquid metals at their melting temperatures are, respectively, 241, -0.066, and 6.6 (for EU), and 113.8, -0.023, and -12.2 (for Yb), where the units are mu Omega cm, mu Omega cm degrees C -1 , and mu V degrees C -1 , respectively. These liquid values are compared with recent calculations based on the t matrix.

Source: Journal of Physics F Metal Physics

DOI: 10.1088/0305-4608/10/4/018

Authors: J Ten Cate, J Zwart, J B Van Zytveld

Institution: Calvin University

Language: English

Topic: Thermodynamic and Structural Properties of Metals and Alloys

Subfield: Metals and Alloys

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Science Foundation

Award: An Experimental Study of the Electronic Properties of LiquidTransition Metals and Transition-Like Metals