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In this chapter an elementary discussion is given of the electrical and thermal conductivities of metals; a brief account of the thermal conductivity of insulators is given in Sec. 11-9. Within the allowed space it did not seem possible to discuss superconductivity, thermoelectric, galvanomagnetic, and thermomagnetic effects, although a simplified derivation of the Hall effect is included as the last section.
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Besides the books referred to at the end of the preceding chapter, the following review papers may be consulted:
J. Bardeen, “Electrical Conductivity of Metals,” J. Appl. Phys., 11, 88 (1940).
R. Berman, “The Thermal Conductivity of Dielectric Solids at Low Temperatures,” Advances in Physics (quarterly supplement of the Philosophical Magazine), 2, 103 (1953).
P. G. Klemens, “Thermal Conductivity of Solids at Low Temperatures,” Encyclopedia of Physics, Springer. Berlin, 1956, vol. 14, pp. 198–276.
D. K. C. MacDonald, “Properties of Metals at Low Temperatures,” Progress in Metal Physics, 3, 42 (1952).
D. K. C. MacDonald, “Electrical Conductivity of Metals and Alloys at Low Temperatures,” Encyclopedia of Physics, Springer, Berlin, 1956, vol. 14, pp. 137–197.
J. L. Olsen and H. M. Rosenberg, “On the Thermal Conductivity of Metals at Low Temperatures,” Advances in Physics, 2, 28 (1953).
Proceedings of the International Conference on EIectron Transport in Metals and Solids, Can. J. Phys. 34, Dec. 1956, No. 12A.
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Dekker, A.J. (1981). The Conductivity of Metals. In: Solid State Physics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00784-4_11
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