Abstract
The thermopower of the divalent normal metals has been calculated in a single OPW approximation, using pseudopotential form factors and a realistic phonon spectra. The calculation emphases the contribution of the phonon drag term. The results are compared with experiments and a simple interpretation is suggested for the evolution of the thermopower anisotropy in the series Be, Mg, Zn and Cd.
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