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Change of Resistivity of Gold by Cold-working at Liquid-Air Temperature and its Recovery by Temporary Heating

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SOME time ago Molenaar and Aarts1 observed that the increase of the resistivity of copper, silver and aluminium wires, caused by a plastic deformation at liquid-air temperature, decreased on keeping the wires at room temperature. The recovery of the resistivity was not accompanied by a recovery of the mechanical properties. The stress–strain curve at liquid-air temperature was not changed by this temporary heating.

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  1. Molenaar, J., and Aarts, W. H., Nature, 166, 690 (1950).

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DRUYVESTEYN, M., MANINTVELD, J. Change of Resistivity of Gold by Cold-working at Liquid-Air Temperature and its Recovery by Temporary Heating. Nature 168, 868–869 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168868b0

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