Abstract
The first measurements of thermoelectricity in superconductors were made by Meissner (1927) who found the Seebeck coefficient S (thermopower) in a superconducting thermocouple to be at least an order of magnitude below the equivalent normal state value. This result was subsequently verified by Borelius et al., (1931); Burton et al., (1935); Keesom and Matthijs (1938); and Casimir and Rade-maker s (1947). In 1953, Pullan showed unequivocally that the thermopower of a super-conductor decreased at Tc by at least four decades.
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Falco, C.M., Garland, J.C. (1981). Thermoelectric Effects in Superconductors. In: Gray, K.E. (eds) Nonequilibrium Superconductivity, Phonons, and Kapitza Boundaries. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 65. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3935-9_16
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