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Based on observations of thermoelectric power and the Wiedemann-Franz ratio λ/κ, a compensated radiation thermopile has been built and operated in a vacuum at low temperatures, which shows a more than tenfold increase in sensitivity when operated at the temperature of liquid oxygen, as compared to operation at 25°C.
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C. Hawley Cartwright (1933) studied this question.
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