Thermal conductivity and thermopower of silver and silver-base alloys at low temperatures: III. Alloys with gold, antimony and palladium

Abstract

The thermal transport properties of silver, alloyed with gold and antimony have been studied experimentally, primarily to verify the theoretically predicted relation between the lattice thermal conductivity and the phonon-drag component of the thermopower. The results on the first quantity are generally in fair agreement with values published by others. The phonon-drag thermopower appears to depend strongly on the type and on the concentration of the solute. A possibly similar behaviour has only recently been reported for nickel alloyed with copper. Explanations for these features are suggested. The magnitudes of the lattice conductivity and phonon-drag thermopower are reduced on cold-working. The reductions are in fair agreement with each other.