RUI: An Experimental Study of Electronic Properties of Strong-Scattering Liquid Metals

9406812 Van Zytveld技术摘要：建议测量几种强散射液体系统的电子性质。重点参数是电阻率和温差电势，因为这些参数可以很容易地与理论计算进行比较，因此将提供很好的理论检验。正在研究的体系包括液态半金属合金铝-钙和铝-钡，纯液态金属硅和锗，三种液态重三价稀土金属，以及不寻常的液态重费米子体系--铯-铜。这些研究将进一步加深对这些有趣的液体类别的理解，还可能发现用于热电发电的感兴趣的材料。非技术摘要：建议测量导电液体的电子性质：液态金属、液态合金、液态半金属和液态半导体。在每一个要研究的系统中，导电电子和液体离子之间的相互作用都很强，这使得这些性质在理论上更难理解。预计这些实验研究将对当前的理论提供强有力的测试；还将对其在热电发电中可能应用的特性进行评估。***

9406812 Van Zytveld Technical abstract: It is proposed to measure the electronic properties of several strong-scattering liquid systems. The parameters of emphasis are the electrical resistivity and the thermoelectric power, since these can be compared rather easily with theoretical calculations, and will therefore provide a good test of theory. The systems under study include the liquid semimetallic alloys aluminum-calcium and aluminum-barium, the pure liquid metals silicon and germanium, three of the liquid heavy trivalent rare-earth metals, and the unusual "heavy Fermion system", cesium-copper, in liquid form. These studies will further the understanding of these interesting classes of liquids, and may also uncover materials of interest for thermoelectric power generation. Non-technical abstract: It is proposed to measure the electronic properties of conducting liquids: liquid metals, liquid alloys, liquid semimetals and liquid semiconductors. In each of the systems to be studied, the interaction between the conducting electrons and the liquid ions is strong, making these properties more difficult to understand theoretically. It is anticipated that these experimental studies will provide strong tests of the current theories; an evaluation of the properties for possible applications in thermoelectric power generation will also be made. ***