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A SUBSTANCE with a permanent electric moment, such as bees-wax, was allowed to solidify in an electric field. Afterwards it showed permanent greater thermal conductivity in the direction of the field, which had been applied before solidification occurred, than when it solidified without an electric field. When an alternating field (50 cycles) was applied during the solidification, no alteration of thermal conductivity was noticed.
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GROETZINGER, G. Influence of an Electric Field on the Thermal Conductivity of a Solid. Nature 135, 1001 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/1351001b0
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