Contact potential differences measurement: Short history and experimental setup for classroom demonstration

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 338-344

  Klein, Ulrich ^a,b   Vollmann, Wolfgang ^c   Abatti, Paulo José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^c BEUTH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact potential differences (CPDs); Measurement; Work function

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NICKEL; PLATINUM; VOLTMETERS;

CONTACT POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE (CPD);

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS;

EID: 0041818075     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2003.813896     Document Type: Article

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