The Hall Effect in Solid Mercury

The Hall effect in solid mercury has been studied by several investigators but with uncertain or negative results. The authors have studied the Hall effect in solid mercury obtaining the mercury in strips 14 cm long, 2 cm wide and of various thicknesses down to 0.006 cm. The Hall effect is found to be independent of field strength, current density and thickness of specimen. The average value of the Hall constant $R$ obtained is -0.000784. The longitudinal effect, if present, was not large enough to be well measured.