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Seebeck effect
oskar-e Seebeck
Fr.: effet de Seebeck
An → electromotive force produced in a closed electric circuit formed by connecting conductors of different metals in series when the two junctions junctions are maintained at different temperatures. The circuit constitutes a → thermocouple. See also: Named for the German physicist Thomas Seebeck (1770-1831), who discovered the effect; → effect. |