Thermal Agitation Voltages in Resistors
- 1 October 1934
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 5 (10) , 292-296
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1745212
Abstract
The limited range of previous measurements of thermal agitation voltage is pointed out and data are given which extend the range of resistances and frequencies considerably. The results substantiate Nyquist's theory for resistances up to 1.7×109 ohms and for frequencies between 1 and 10,000 cycles per second. A value of 1.366×10−16 ergs per degree with a probable error of 0.016×10−16 ergs per degree is obtained for Boltzmann's constant. This is nearer to the accepted value than previous determinations by this method have given.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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