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It is the aim of this chapter to provide a description of the behavior of the Hall effect in relatively simple metals, such that it will form a conceptual basis for the subjects of Chapters 4 and 5 where successively more difficult groups of metals are considered. The ultimate in simplicity from an electron transport point of view would be a free-electron metal, and some of the alkali metals are known to approximate very closely to this condition. But to obtain even a qualitative understanding of the Hall effect in a more typical metal it is preferable to start with that group of metals which are removed one degree in complexity from the model free-electron metal: the nearly-free-electron group.
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Hurd, C.M. (1972). The Hall Effect in Nearly-Free-Electron Metals. In: The Hall Effect in Metals and Alloys. The International Cryogenics Monograph Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0465-5_4
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