Nernst effect
A temperature gradient in a conductor placed in a perpendicular magnetic field produces an electric field perpendicular to both. The transverse counterpart of the Seebeck effect.
Atlas record: 3 claims reference this phenomenon — 3 established.
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Relations
- a magnetic field perpendicular to the temperature gradient; the transverse field is proportional to B and ∇T
Matrix context
D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.
Enumerated routes through this · 10
- Nernst–Ettingshausen generator3/3 est · demonstrated
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Nernst effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Nernst effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Ettingshausen effect → Temperature gradient → Nernst effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 est · same energy form
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Nernst effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Radiative imbalance with the sky → Radiative sky cooling → Temperature gradient → Nernst effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fission → Temperature gradient → Nernst effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Nernst effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work3/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Radioactive decay → Beta particles → Radioisotope heating → Temperature gradient → Nernst effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Radioactive decay → Alpha particles → Radioisotope heating → Temperature gradient → Nernst effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
Cited sources · 3
- [1]H. B. Callen. The application of Onsager's reciprocal relations to thermoelectric, thermomagnetic, and galvanomagnetic effects (1948)
- [2]H. J. Goldsmid. Introduction to Thermoelectricity (2nd ed.) (2016)
- [3]A. von Ettingshausen, W. Nernst. Ueber das Auftreten electromotorischer Kräfte in Metallplatten, welche von einem Wärmestrome durchflossen werden und sich im magnetischen Felde befinden (1886)
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