Anomalous Conductivity and Lorenz Parameter in Dilute Silver–Manganese Alloys at Low Temperatures

Abstract

LOW-TEMPERATURE electrical resistivity measurements by Gerritsen and Linde1 on silver alloys containing small amounts of manganese in solid solution showed that, instead of attaining a temperature-independent ‘residual’ resistivity, they presented a minimum somewhat below liquid-hydrogen temperatures, followed by a maximum at still lower temperatures.