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ERIC Number: EJ123168
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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A Simple Apparatus to Demonstrate the Peltier Effect
Dougal, R. C.
Physics Education, 9, 7, 458-461, Nov 74
Discusses the Peltier, or thermoelectric effect, which provides a way of cooling a system by coupling it thermally to the junction of two materials suitably chosen, shaped, and connected to a d.c. current. Describes an apparatus which simply and inexpensively demonstrates this effect. (MLH)
Descriptors: College Science, Demonstrations (Educational), Electrical Systems, Higher Education, Physics, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Equipment, Science Materials, Thermodynamics
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Audience: Practitioners
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