Electrical and Thermal Conductivity

Authors: Guglielmo Ventura Mauro Perfetti

Publish Date: 2014

Volume: , Issue: , Pages: 131-168

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Abstract

After a Sect  11 devoted to electrical conductivity and a section that deals with magnetic and dielectric losses  12 this chapter explores the theory of thermal conduction in solids The examined categories of solids are metals Sect  132 Dielectrics Sects  133 and  134 and Nanocomposites Sect  135 In Sect  136 the problem of thermal and electrical contact between materials is considered because contact resistance occurring at conductor joints in magnets or other high power applications can lead to undesirable electrical losses At low temperature thermal contact is also critical in the mounting of temperature sensors where bad contacts can lead to erroneous results in particular when superconductivity phenomena are involved

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