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Hall effect

A current in a magnetic field develops a transverse voltage from the Lorentz force on the carriers. A charge current and a field become a second potential difference.

Condensed matterfirst reported 1879

Atlas record: 3 claims reference this phenomenon — 3 established.

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conditions: solid · conductor required · magnetic field required
3claims1enumerated routes0routes with complete-composition evidence0candidate routes not searched2cited sources

Relations

drives · 1
Electric potential difference—drives→Hall effectestablished
produces · 1
Hall effect—produces→Charge carriersestablished
member of · 1
Hall effect—member of→Electromagnetic inductionestablished

Matrix context

D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.

Enumerated routes through this · 1

Cited sources · 2

  1. [1]
    E. H. Hall. On a new action of the magnet on electric currents (1879)
    American Journal of Mathematics 2, 287–292 · doi:10.2307/2369245 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  2. [2]
    N. W. Ashcroft, N. D. Mermin. Solid State Physics (1976)
    Holt, Rinehart and Winston · book, no DOI · record

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