Electrical Resistivity of Pure Metals

Terms: Electrical Resistivity of Pure Metals (83), electric conductivity of pure metals (2),

Concept: the electrical resistivity of pure metals like aluminum and copper decreases with temperature.  For aluminum at liquid nitrogen temperatures (~77 Kelvin), the resistivity is approximately 1/10th its room temperature resistivity.  Economically, this means that the cost of metal conductors can be traded for cooling  by piping liquid nitrogen through a high power cable.  Rather than using high cost superconductors, use pure metals.  The resistivity does not drop as far as with superconductors, but fabrication and maintenance should be easier.  It could be a relatively inexpensive and robust way to replace aging conductors in transmission and distribution system.  I have read about people proposing liquid hydrogen pipelines.  These could be combined.  Liquid hyrdrogen temperature (21k) will lower the room temperature resisitity by a factor of about 3200.  In principle, this means 1/3200th of the metal is needed in the conductor for the same power.  As far as I know, this ordinary conductivity is not quench by strong magnetic fields.  Transformers and generators cooled  by any means will have some of the benefits of using superconductors - probably at a lower cost.

Wikipedia - Electrical Resistivity - Temperature Dependence, Bloch-Gruneisen, Steinhart-Hart, Resistance Thermometer,

Terms: Bloch-Gruneisen (365), Kubo formulas (775), Kubo formula (24,400), Kubo-Greenwood (1,860), Steinhart-Hart (11,600), Steinhart-Hart equation (4,270), Steinhart-Hart Coefficients (358), temperature to resistance equation (19), Callendar Van Dusen (2,790),

Terms: resistivity temperature detector (0), resistivity temperature detectors (0), cryogenic thermometers (871), cryogenic thermometer (439), cryogenic thermometer calibration (31), temperature sensors (3,930,000),

Boolean: cryogenic +thermometer +calibration (34,100), cryogenic +thermometer +calibration +equation (1,810), cryogenic +thermometer +calibration +formula (1,080),

Resolution and Accuracy of Cryogenic Temperature Measurements

Terms: thermistor (2,280,000), thermistors (1,590,000), resistance thermometer (177,000), temperature sensors (3,930,000),

A New Quantum Model of Ohmic Dissipation

Perpendicular transport in Fe-InP-Fe heterostructures

Electrical Conductivity, the Velocity-Velocity Correlation (Statistical Mechanics in a Nutshell) 1998

Vortex Dynamics, Resistivity Formula, and Fluctuation-dissipation Theorems

Terms: resistivity formula (509), conductivity formula (458), resistivity temperature (10,700), conductivity temperature (283,000), temperature resistivity (24,500), temperature conductivity (168,000), electrical resistivity (1,020,000), electrical resistance (1,750,000), electrical conductivity (2,640,000), electrical conductance (164,000),

Terms: velocity velocity correlation (399), velocity fluctuations (105,000), force force correlation (535),

Michigan - Electrical Resistivity of Molten Metallic Materials

Behavior of Conducting Solid or Liquid Jet Moving in Magnetic Field - Paraxial, Transverse, Oblique

Terms: resistivity in magnetic (336), resistivity under pressure (140), resistivity of metals (3,010), resistivity of alloys (108), resistivity of molten (83), experimental resistivity (362),

Terms: Drude Lorentz (2,230), heat vibration (84,900), resistivity ratios (635), low temperature resistivity (4,370),

Wikipedia - Ballistic Transport, Mean Free Path,

Boolean: resistivity +"temperature dependence" (231,000), "electrical conductivity" +"temperature dependence" (85,700), resistivity +"mean free path" (71,500), resistivity +"mean free path" +temperature (65,000),