Electrical Resistivity of Transition Metals. I

Saturation of electrical resistivity in metals at large temperatures.

We present a microscopic model for systems showing resistivity saturation. An essentially exact quantum Monte Carlo calculation demonstrates that the model describes saturation. We give a simple explanation for saturation, using charge conservation and considering the limit where thermally excited phonons have destroyed the periodicity. Crucial model features are phonons coupling to the hopping...

Noncontact electrical resistivity measurement technique for molten metals

A noncontact technique of measuring the changes in electrical conductivity ~or resistivity! of conducting liquids is reported. The technique is based on a conducting drop that is levitated by the high-temperature electrostatic levitator in a high vacuum. This technique, which utilizes the principle of the asynchronous induction motor, measures the relative changes in torque as a function of tem...

The Electrical Conductivity of Transition Metals

1-In a recent paper* certain properties of the transition metals Ni, Pd, and Pt and of their alloys with Cu, Ag, and Au have been discussed from the point of view of the electron theory of metals based on quantum mechanics. In particular, a qualitative explanation was given of the relatively high electrical resistance of the transition metals. It was shown from an examination of the experimenta...

Oscillatory behavior in the electrical resistivity of transition-metal superlattices

The electrical resistivity of Co/Ni and Cu/Ni superlattices exhibit resistivity oscillations as a function of superlattice period L, while Ag/Pd does not. Moreover, the resistivity of Co/Ni superlattices shows quantum size effects and a resistivity enhancement with L, as a function of total film thickness d . These results are consistent with a model which assumes d-electron localization in the...

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY OF NpTe