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Anomalous Conductivity and Lorenz Parameter in Dilute Silver–Manganese Alloys at Low Temperatures

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LOW-TEMPERATURE electrical resistivity measurements by Gerritsen and Linde1 on silver alloys containing small amounts of manganese in solid solution showed that, instead of attaining a temperature-independent ‘residual’ resistivity, they presented a minimum somewhat below liquid-hydrogen temperatures, followed by a maximum at still lower temperatures.

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CHARI, M. Anomalous Conductivity and Lorenz Parameter in Dilute Silver–Manganese Alloys at Low Temperatures. Nature 189, 824 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189824a0

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