Date of Award
Summer 8-2013
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.S.
Degree Program
Applied Physics
Department
Physics
Major Professor
Dr. Kevin Stokes
Second Advisor
Dr. Leszek Malkinski
Third Advisor
Dr. Ashok Puri
Abstract
An experimental Nernst effect measuring system is designed and constructed. The ability to measure the Nernst effect allows completion of a thermoelectric suite of measurements consisting of electrical conductivity, the Seebeck effect, the Hall effect, and the Nernst effect. This suite of measurements gives information about electron transport, carrier concentration, and electron scattering within a thermoelectric sample. Programs were designed in LabView to control the various instruments in the measuring system. Measurements of the Nernst effect were taken on two thermoelectric samples, bismuth nickel telluride and bismuth antimony telluride. These measurements were taken at both constant temperature and constant magnetic field. An error analysis of the Nernst effect measuring system is also presented, with consideration as to future work that can be done to improve the quality of Nernst effect measurements taken from the system.
Recommended Citation
Sevin, Warner E., "Design and Construction of a Nernst Effect Measuring System" (2013). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 1684.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1684
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