2019 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2019

Conduction electrons are entirely responsible for the heat generated by a constant electric current flowing in a wire

3 Jun 2019, 11:15

15m

SCP 8445.2 (Simon Fraser University)

Oral (Non-Student) / Orale (non-étudiant(e)) Condensed Matter and Materials Physics / Physique de la matière condensée et matériaux (DCMMP-DPMCM) M1-10 Materials synthesis and characterization I (DCMMP) | Synthèse et caractérisation de matériaux I (DPMCM)

Speaker

Prof. Albert Curzon (SFU)

Description

It is shown that energy transported entirely by conduction electrons is totally responsible for the heat generated by a constant electric current in a wire and that possible energy flows associated solely with the electric and magnetic fields make no contribution whatsoever to the heat generation.