Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1: Introduction; 1.1 Thermoelectricity; 1.2 Related Thermal Effects; 1.3 Drude-Lorentz Theory of Metals; 1.4 Beginnings of Solid State Theory; 1.4.1 Black-Body Radiation; 1.4.2 Electron Emission; 1.4.3 Bases for Modem Theory; 1.4.3.1 Optical Behavior of Electrons; 1.4.3.2 Association of Waves and Particles; 1.4.3.3 Confirmation of Duality; 1.4.3.4 Wave-Particle Interaction; 1.4.3.5 Limitations on Electron Behavior; 1.4.3.6 The Concept of Uncertainty; 1.4.3.7 The Need for Statistical Treatment; 1.5 Suggested Reading
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2: Statistical Treatment of Electrons2.1 Newtonian Concepts; 2.2 Schrődinger's Equation; 2.3 Limitations on Schrődinger's Equation; 2.4 Electrons in Potential Wells; 2.4.1 One-Dimensional Wells; 2.4.1.1 Classical and Quantum Predictions; 2.4.1.2 Effect of the Potential Well; 2.4.2 Three-Dimensional Wells; 2.5 The Principle of Exclusion; 2.6 Quantum Numbers; 2.7 Electron Configurations of Atoms; 2.8 Suggested Reading; 3: Solid-State Theories; 3.1 Sommerfeld Theory; 3.2 The Fermi-Dirac Theory; 3.2.1 The Fermi Energy; 3.2.2 The Fermi-Dirac Function
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3.3 Comparison of Classical and Modem Statistics3.4 The Fermi-Sommerfeld Theory; 3.4.1 Metals; 3.4.2 Heat Capacity; 3.4.2.1 Normal Metals; 3.4.2.2 Transition Metals; 3.4.3 Electrical Conductivity-Normal Metals; 3.5 Band Theory; 3.5.1 Relation to the Fermi-Sommerfeld Theory; 3.6 Brillouin Zone Theory; 3.6.1 Applications of the Brillouin Theory; 3.7 Electrical Conductivity of Semiconductors; 3. 7.1 Intrinsic Conduction; 3.7.2 Electron Properties; 3.7.3 Extrinsic Conduction; 3.8 Suggested Reading; 4: Thermoelectric Phenomena; 4.1 Relative Seebeck Coefficient; 4.2 Peltier Effect
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4.3 Thomson Effect4.4 Thermodynamic Interrelations; 4.4.1 Fundamental Theorem; 4.4.2 Role of Entropy; 4.4.3 Relation of the Peltier Effect to the Thomson Effect; 4.4.4 Relation of the RSC to the Thomson Effect; 4.5 Absolute emf and the Thomson Effect; 4.5.1 Thermoelectric Laws; 4.6 Utility of ASC; 4. 7 Thermoelectric Circuit Analyses; 4.8 References; 4.9 Suggested Reading; 5: Modern Theories of Tbermoelectricity; 5.1 Role of Heat Capacity; 5.1.1 Normal Metallic Elements; 5.1.2 Transition Elements; 5.1.3 Semiconductors; 5.2 Role of Electrical Conductivity; 5.2.1 Normal Metallic Elements
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5.2.2 Transition Metals5.2.3 Semimetals; 5.3 Role of Internal Potentials; 5.3.1 Normal Metallic Elements; 5.3.2 Transition Elements; 5.3.3 Alternate Evaluation of the Conduction Function; 5.3.4 Semiconductors; 5.4 Relations to Other Physical Properties; 5.5 Relative Thermoelectric Properties; 5.6 Suggested Reading; 6: Variations of the Fermi Energy; 6.1 Temperature; 6.2 Effects of Alloying Elements in Normal Metals; 6.3 Effects of Alloying Elements in Transition Metals; 6.3.1 Dilute Alloys; 6.3.2 Concentrated Alloys; 6.4 Stress Effects; 6.5 Thermoelectric Instability; 6.6 References