Seebeck Coefficient at the Curie Temperature: Specific Heat of Charge Carriers in Ferromagnets

S. H. Tang; P. P. Craig; T. A. Kitchens

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.27.593

Seebeck Coefficient at the Curie Temperature: Specific Heat of Charge Carriers in Ferromagnets

S. H. Tang, P. P. Craig, and T. A. Kitchens

Phys. Rev. Lett. 27, 593 – Published 30 August 1971

Abstract

The Seebeck coefficient can be related to the specific heat of the charge carriers. Experiments on the itinerant ferromagnet nickel show that the specific heat determined from the Seebeck effect agrees closely with that determined from conventional specific-heat measurements.