The conductivity of thin wires in a magnetic field

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A thin film or wire of metal has a lower electrical conductivity than the bulk material if the thickness is comparable with or smaller than the electronic mean free path. Previous workers have obtained expressions for the magnitude of the effect by integrating the Boltzmann equation and imposing the appropriate boundary conditions. The problem is re-examined from a kinetic theory standpoint, and it is shown that the same expressions are obtained by this method, usually rather more simply, while the physical picture is considerably clarified. The method is applied to an evaluation of the conductivity of a thin wire with a magnetic field along the axis, and it is found that the resistivity should decrease as the magnetic field is increased; it should be possible to derive the mean free path and velocity of the conduction electrons by comparison of theory and experiment. The theory has been confirmed by experimental measurements on sodium; estimates of electronic velocity and mean free path are obtained which are in fair agreement with the values given by the free-electron theory.

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The Royal Society

Subject

Pharmacology (medical)

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