Peltier effect

the presence of heating or cooling at an electrified junction of two different conductors
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Peltier effect

Summary

Peltier effect is a physical phenomenon[1]. It draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (physical_phenomenon category, ranking #72 of 138).[2]

Key Facts

  • Peltier effect is credited with the discovery of Jean Charles Athanase Peltier[3].
  • Peltier effect's video is recorded as Peltier element thermal video.webm[4].
  • Peltier effect's instance of is recorded as physical phenomenon[5].
  • Jean Charles Athanase Peltier is named after Peltier effect[6].
  • Peltier effect's subclass of is recorded as thermoelectric effect[7].
  • Peltier effect's opposite of is recorded as Seebeck effect[8].
  • Peltier effect's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0049842[9].
  • Peltier effect's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Peltier-effect[10].
  • Peltier effect's used by is recorded as thermoelectric cooling[11].
  • Peltier effect's studied by is recorded as thermodynamics[12].
  • Peltier effect's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120jk_sj[13].
  • Peltier effect's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2709837[14].
  • Peltier effect's Quora topic ID is recorded as Peltier-Effect[15].
  • Peltier effect's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as peltiereffekt[16].
  • Peltier effect's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 136920[17].
  • Peltier effect's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["PhysicalEffect", "PeltierEffect"][18].
  • Peltier effect's schematic is recorded as Thermoelectric Cooler Diagram.svg[19].
  • Peltier effect's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3955612[20].
  • Peltier effect's IEV number is recorded as 121-12-80[21].
  • Peltier effect's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 130664[22].
  • Peltier effect's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as efecte-peltier[23].

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Works and Contributions

Peltier effect is credited with the discovery of Jean Charles Athanase Peltier[3].

Why It Matters

Peltier effect draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (physical_phenomenon category, ranking #72 of 138).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . Quora. wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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