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High temperature bulk thermoelectric (TE) materials Ag1- x Pbm SbTe2+ m and Ag(Pb1-x Sn x )m SbTe2+ m (also known as LAST and LASTT) developed at Michigan State University have exhibited a figure of merit, ZT, of 1.7 at 700 K. Thermoelectric power generation devices based on the…

Experimental and theoretical analyses have been conducted upon electrical connector contacts under low frequency fretting conditions. The phenomena of "fretting" -relative micromovements in the components parts of an electrical contact - is known to take a major role in the dege…