Abstract
RECENT work on the thermal conductivity (k) and electrical conductivity (σ) of pure α-phase plutonium revives the question of the magnitude of the Lorenz number L( = k/ σT).
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POWELL, R. Lorenz Number of Plutonium Metal. Nature 207, 965 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207965a0
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