A laboratory on the four-point probe technique

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-153

  Schuetze, Andrew P ^a   Lewis, Wayne ^b   Brown, Chris ^b   Geerts, Wilhelmus J ^b  

^a Edgewood Academy   (United States)

^b Texas State University San Marcos   (United States)

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EID: 1042268241     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1629085     Document Type: Article

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