Criticism of a Theory of Electrical Resistance

Authors

John A. Eldridge, State University of IowaFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

The theories which have been devised to account for electrical resistance have had a very meager success. The most serious fault with all such theories is the fact that they give an incorrect temperature coefficient of resistance. As is well known, the resistance of most metals is nearly proportional to the absolute temperature, while most of the theories give a value proportional to the square root of the temperature. The well-known theory of Bridgman proposed several years ago portended to give the proper relationship, but this appears to be due to a mistake in the analysis.

Publication Date

1925

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

32

Issue

1

First Page

379

Last Page

380

Copyright

©1925 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Eldridge, John A. (1925) "Criticism of a Theory of Electrical Resistance," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 32(1), 379-380.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol32/iss1/79