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THE relationship between the temperature θ and the electrical potential ϕ at any point within a current-carrying constrictive resistance in thermal equilibrium can be expressed in the form1: provided that the material is both homogeneous and isotropic.
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DAVIES, W. Influence of the Thomson Effect on the θ–ϕ Relationship for a Constrictive Resistance in Thermal Equilibrium. Nature 184, 975 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184975a0
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