1. Introduction
1.1 Seebeck, Peltier, and Thomson Effects
1.2 Transport Coefficients and Onsager Relations
2. Survey of the Theory of Electronic Conduction in Metals
2.1 Electrons in Metals
2.2 Transport Properties
2.3 Relaxation Time Anisotropy for Spherical Fermi Surfaces
2.4 Thermopower: Isotropic Relaxation Time Approximation
2.5 Thermopower: Real Metals
2.6 Phonon Drag
2.7 Thermopower of Alloys
3. Techniques in Thermoelectric Measurements
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Seebeck Effect
3.3 Peltier Effect
3.4 Thomson Effect: The Absolute Thermopower of Lead
3.5 Measurement of Unconventional Thermoelectric Coefficients
3.6 Measurement of Temperature and of Small Voltages
3.7 Superconducting Devices
4. Phonon Drag
4.1 Introduction and General Relations
4.2 Sg at High Temperatures
4.3 Sg at Low Temperatures
4.4 Anisotropy of Relaxation Times and Phonon-Drag Thermopower
4.5 Sg at Intermediate Temperatures
4.6 Sg of Alloys
4.7 Phonon Drag or Phony Phonon Drag?
5. The Thermoelectric Power of Transition Metals
5.1 Special Problems in Transition Metals
5.2 The Diffusion Thermopower of Transition Metals
5.3 The Phonon-Drag Thermopower of Transition Metals
5.4 Magnon Drag
5.5 Transition Elements: Summary of Experimental Results
5.6 Commercial Thermocouples
6. Dilute Magnetic Alloys
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The Virtual Bound State
6.3 Kondo Alloys
6.4 Spin-Fluctuation Models
6.5 Closing Comment
7. Effects of Pressure and Magnetic Field on the Thermoelectric Power
7.1 Pressure Dependence
7.2 Magnetic Field Dependence
References
Author Index.