The thermopower of isotropic scattering copper alloys

The thermoelectric power of dilute CuNi alloys, and of two sets of ternary alloys CuNiGe and CuAuGe, has been measured at room temperature and also at low temperatures (1-9K). Since these particular ternary alloys have been shown to scatter conduction electrons isotropically, the object of the work has been to investigate the influence of scattering anisotropy on the Nordheim-Gorter rule. The unexpected result of the work is the absence of deviations from the Nordheim-Gorter rule not only in CuNiGe as anticipated, but also in CuNi.