The thermopower induced by tensile plastic deformation at a near-room temperature was measured to determine the change in thermopower per unit dislocation density ΔSd/Nd in Ni (99.98%). The dislocation density was determined indirectly by measurement of the flow stress. The partial-wave method was used to calculate the contribution of dislocations and vacancies to the thermoelectric power of Ni, Pt and Pd. The value ΔSd/Nd calculated for Ni agrees quite satisfactorily with measured ones. These results were the first quantitative estimation of the defect contribution to thermopower of transition metals.

Thermopower due to Defects in Ni, Pd and Pt. A.S.Karolik, V.I.Sharando: Journal of Physics - Condensed Matter, 2005, 17[23], 3567-74