Improvement of a superconducting magnet system makes induction of a strong
magnetic field easier. This fact gives us a possibility of energy conversion by
the Nernst effect. As the first step to study the Nernst element, we measured
the conductivity, the Hall coefficient, the thermoelectric power and the Nernst
coefficient of the InSb, which is one of candidates of the Nernst elements.
From this experiment, it is concluded that the Nernst coefficient is smaller
than the theoretical values. On the other hand, the conductivity, the Hall
coefficient ant the thermoelectric power has the values expected by the theory.Comment: 6 pages, Latex, This article was presented in the XVI International
Conference on Thermoelectrics, Dresden, Germany (1997
