Size effect variation of the electrical conductivity of metals

This paper records experiments and theoretical work concerned with the variation of conductivity with size in metals. Experimental results for the conductivity in thin wires of pure sodium of varying diameter in the absence of a magnetic field and also in the presence of longitudinal and transverse magnetic fields are given. Using the general statistical theory of metals the variation of resistance with size in the case of conductivity wires of square cross-section is calculated for comparison with the first set of experiments. A theoretical investigation follows of the alteration in conductivity produced in metallic films by the application of transverse magnetic fields, and this is compared with the corresponding experimental results obtained on the sodium cylinders.

1994 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 21-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. B. Gelfreikh

AbstractA review of methods of measuring magnetic fields in the solar corona using spectral-polarization observations at microwaves with high spatial resolution is presented. The methods are based on the theory of thermal bremsstrahlung, thermal cyclotron emission, propagation of radio waves in quasi-transverse magnetic field and Faraday rotation of the plane of polarization. The most explicit program of measurements of magnetic fields in the atmosphere of solar active regions has been carried out using radio observations performed on the large reflector radio telescope of the Russian Academy of Sciences — RATAN-600. This proved possible due to good wavelength coverage, multichannel spectrographs observations and high sensitivity to polarization of the instrument. Besides direct measurements of the strength of the magnetic fields in some cases the peculiar parameters of radio sources, such as very steep spectra and high brightness temperatures provide some information on a very complicated local structure of the coronal magnetic field. Of special interest are the results found from combined RATAN-600 and large antennas of aperture synthesis (VLA and WSRT), the latter giving more detailed information on twodimensional structure of radio sources. The bulk of the data obtained allows us to investigate themagnetospheresof the solar active regions as the space in the solar corona where the structures and physical processes are controlled both by the photospheric/underphotospheric currents and surrounding “quiet” corona.


1976 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 233-254
Author(s):  
H. M. Maitzen

Ap stars are peculiar in many aspects. During this century astronomers have been trying to collect data about these and have found a confusing variety of peculiar behaviour even from star to star that Struve stated in 1942 that at least we know that these phenomena are not supernatural. A real push to start deeper theoretical work on Ap stars was given by an additional observational evidence, namely the discovery of magnetic fields on these stars by Babcock (1947). This originated the concept that magnetic fields are the cause for spectroscopic and photometric peculiarities. Great leaps for the astronomical mankind were the Oblique Rotator model by Stibbs (1950) and Deutsch (1954), which by the way provided mathematical tools for the later handling pulsar geometries, anti the discovery of phase coincidence of the extrema of magnetic field, spectrum and photometric variations (e.g. Jarzebowski, 1960).


2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Ratajczak ◽  
Thomas Wondrak ◽  
Klaus Timmel ◽  
Frank Stefani ◽  
Sven Eckert

AbstractIn continuous casting DC magnetic fields perpendicular to the wide faces of the mold are used to control the flow in the mold. Especially in this case, even a rough knowledge of the flow structure in the mold would be highly desirable. The contactless inductive flow tomography (CIFT) allows to reconstruct the dominating two-dimensional flow structure in a slab casting mold by applying one external magnetic field and by measuring the flow-induced magnetic fields outside the mold. For a physical model of a mold with a cross section of 140 mm×35 mm we present preliminary measurements of the flow field in the mold in the presence of a magnetic brake. In addition, we show first reconstructions of the flow field in a mold with the cross section of 400 mm×100 mm demonstrating the upward scalability of CIFT.


2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš Šoltis ◽  
Ján Šimkanin

Abstract We present an investigation of dynamo in a simultaneous dependence on the non-uniform stratification, electrical conductivity of the inner core and the Prandtl number. Computations are performed using the MAG dynamo code. In all the investigated cases, the generated magnetic fields are dipolar. Our results show that the dynamos, especially magnetic field structures, are independent in our investigated cases on the electrical conductivity of the inner core. This is in agreement with results obtained in previous analyses. The influence of non-uniform stratification is for our parameters weak, which is understandable because most of the shell is unstably stratified, and the stably stratified region is only a thin layer near the CMB. The teleconvection is not observed in our study. However, the influence of the Prandtl number is strong. The generated magnetic fields do not become weak in the polar regions because the magnetic field inside the tangent cylinder is always regenerated due to the weak magnetic diffusion.


2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulavathi Mahabaleshwar ◽  
Igor Pazanin ◽  
Marko Radulovic ◽  
Francisco Suárez-Grau

In this paper, we investigate the effects of small boundary perturbation on the laminar motion of a conducting fluid in a rectangular duct under applied transverse magnetic field. A small boundary perturbation of magnitude ? is applied on cross-section of the duct. Using the asymptotic analysis with respect to ?, we derive the effective model given by the explicit formulae for the velocity and induced magnetic field. Numerical results are provided confirming that the considered perturbation has nonlocal impact on the asymptotic solution.


2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (9) ◽  
pp. 1535-1541 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.-I. Nishikawa ◽  
P. Hardee ◽  
B. Zhang ◽  
I. Duţan ◽  
M. Medvedev ◽  
...  

Abstract. We have investigated the generation of magnetic fields associated with velocity shear between an unmagnetized relativistic jet and an unmagnetized sheath plasma. We have examined the strong magnetic fields generated by kinetic shear (Kelvin–Helmholtz) instabilities. Compared to the previous studies using counter-streaming performed by Alves et al. (2012), the structure of the kinetic Kelvin–Helmholtz instability (KKHI) of our jet-sheath configuration is slightly different, even for the global evolution of the strong transverse magnetic field. In our simulations the major components of growing modes are the electric field Ez, perpendicular to the flow boundary, and the magnetic field By, transverse to the flow direction. After the By component is excited, an induced electric field Ex, parallel to the flow direction, becomes significant. However, other field components remain small. We find that the structure and growth rate of KKHI with mass ratios mi/me = 1836 and mi/me = 20 are similar. In our simulations saturation in the nonlinear stage is not as clear as in counter-streaming cases. The growth rate for a mildly-relativistic jet case (γj = 1.5) is larger than for a relativistic jet case (γj = 15).


1993 ◽  
Vol 141 ◽  
pp. 196-198
Author(s):  
Weihong Song ◽  
Guoxiang Ai

AbstractAdopting the computational model of papers I and II (Song et al. 1990, 1992) we have found that for a better fit of the center of the Fe I 5324.19 Å line, the effect of turbulent Doppler broadening has to be taken into account. Through theoretical and numerical analysis we conclude that the square root of the modulus of Stokes Q and U is an appropiate observational parameter to represent the transverse magnetic field, since it is approximately linearly proportional to the strength of the transverse magnetic field for suitable positions of the filter passband.


Experiments on the magnetic inhibition of thermal convection in horizontal layers of mercury heated from below are described. A large 36½ in. cyclotron magnet reconditioned for hydromagnetic studies was used in these experiments. By using layers of mercury of depth 3 to 6 cm and magnetic fields of strength 500 to 8000 gauss, it has been possible to determine the dependence of the critical Rayleigh number for the onset of instability on the parameter Q 1 ( = σH 2 d 2 / π 2 ρν , where H denotes the strength of the field, σ the electrical conductivity, ν the coefficient of kinematic viscosity, ρ the density and d the depth of the layer) for Q 1 varying between 40 and 1·6 × 10 6 . The experiments fully confirm the theoretical relation derived by Chandrasekhar.


2011 ◽  
Vol 391-392 ◽  
pp. 1095-1099
Author(s):  
Lei Chen ◽  
Nan Li ◽  
Feng Chai ◽  
Shu Kang Cheng

NaCl solutions of different concentrations were exposed to alternating and stationary magnetic fields. The conductivity change of the NaCl solutions was measured. The change of the conductivity of the NaCl solutions under different amplitudes magnetic fields was studied. The differences of effect between stationary and alternating magnetic field on the conductivity of the NaCl solutions was compared. The principle of the effects of magnetic fields on conductivity of NaCl solutions was discussed. The process of magnetic moment deflexion effected by the alternating magnetic field was analyzed, which explained the experimental results that the conductivity was increased more larger when then the NaCl solutions were exposing to alternating magnetic field than stationary magnetic field.


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