Method for Measuring Electrical Resistivity of Anisotropic Materials

摘要

A rectangular prism with edges in principal crystal directions is prepared with electrodes on the corners of one face. Voltage‐current ratios for opposite pairs of electrodes permit calculation of components of the resistivity tensor. The method can use small samples, and is best suited to materials describable by two or three tensor components. Examples are given of measurements of V2O3Cr and oriented amorphous graphite.