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thermoelectric effect

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thermoelectric effect
n
(Physics / General Physics) another name for the Seebeck effect, Peltier effect


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Insulators have poor electrical conductivity that leads to a low thermoelectric effect.
The thermoelectric effect can produce small amounts of electricity from almost any source of heat, but its low efficiency has so far limited its uses.
His life and work, particularily the discovery of the thermoelectric effect (the Seebeck effect), is described by Enn Velmre in the first paper of this issue.
 
 
 
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