The Effect of Tension on the Thermoelectric Properties of Metals

Abstract

Measurements have been made on 11 different metals of the change in thermo-electric power accompanying elastic tensile strain. The measurements were made over the temperature range 20?400 °C on specimens of known purity. There is evidence that the magnitude of the general effect is dependent upon the purity of the specimen. The results obtained with gold differ considerably from those found by another observer.