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Wiedemann-Franz law demonstration in a student practicum

Physics Education 2017-08-15 v1

Abstract

Wiedemann-Franz law is a prediction of electronic theory of electric and thermal conductivity in metals, which states that a Lorenz ratio L=κ/(σT)L=\kappa/(\sigma T), where κ\kappa is a thermal conductivity, σ\sigma --- electric conductivity and TT --- absolute temperature, is a universal constant in certain cases. We present here a simple experimental setup to verify this prediction in a teaching experiment.

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@article{arxiv.1701.02557,
  title  = {Wiedemann-Franz law demonstration in a student practicum},
  author = {V. Glazkov and L. Ginzburg and A. Orlov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.02557},
  year   = {2017}
}