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Calculation of the electrical resistivity and the thermoelectric power of vacancies in copper and gold

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The change of the electrical resistivity and of the thermoelectric power caused by vacancies in copper and gold was calculated. The effective scattering cross-section and its dependence on the energy of electrons was calculated in the free-electron approximation using the partial wave method. The scattering potential associated with a vacancy was approximated by a square barrier or by a screened Coulomb potential. The experimental value of the electrical resistivity is in good agreement with the value calculated in the free-electron approximation but the thermoelectric power differs appreciably from the free-electron value. Using an experimentally determined term, which depends on the shape of the Fermi surface, agreement with experiment was obtained.

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  1. Institute of Metallurgy, Czechosl. Acad. Sci., Brno, Žižkova 22, Brno, Czechoslovakia

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The author wishes to express his gratitude to Miss H. Čechová for programming and performing the calculations on the LGP 30 computer.

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Polák, J. Calculation of the electrical resistivity and the thermoelectric power of vacancies in copper and gold. Czech J Phys 17, 171–177 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01696124

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