Journal
JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
Volume 42, Issue 7, Pages 1319-1323Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-012-2437-3
Keywords
Thermoelectricity; electrical measurements; high-temperature testing
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- National Research Council of Italy-Italian Ministry of Economic Development Agreement Ricerca di sistema elettrico nazionale
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A high-temperature test rig to simultaneously measure electrical conductivity and thermopower is described. The apparatus allows to perform measurements in a controlled atmosphere or vacuum to protect oxygen-sensitive materials. A spring-loaded mounting placed in the cold zone reduces the thermal contact resistance between the sample and two metallic blocks (the hot side and the heat sink) even at high temperatures. The hot-side metal block is periodically heated to obtain the thermopower from the slope of Delta V versus Delta T. Conductivity is measured before each thermopower measurement by a linear four-wire method. The automatic data acquisition and analysis are controlled by a LabView-based interface. Two interchangeable setups are possible. The first one uses silver blocks and K-type thermocouples and is suitable for temperatures from 300 K to about 1000 K. The second one uses W blocks and S-type thermocouples to allow higher-temperature measurements since all the hot-zone parts are made of Al2O3, Pt or W. The device was tested using PdAg alloy and Ni rods and, for the low-temperature range, the NIST standard reference material 3451 (bismuth telluride), strictly confirming the reference data.
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