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Chapter 8 Measurement Techniques 8.1 General Considerations The measurement of the thermoelectric properties of a material presents some special problems. In the early stages of the development of a new material, a high accuracy may not be needed, but, once it is to be used in practical applications, these quantities must be known precisely. The performance is strongly dependent on the figure of merit, z, which itself involves three other parameters, the square of the Seebeck coefficient, the electrical conductivity, and the thermal conductivity. It is important that t