This volume incorporates two sections dealing with the resistivity of elements, compounds and alloys as a function of temperature and pressure and a third section dealing mainly with the resistance of various materials. The compilation of this volume was made easier by the search facilities of the IET's INSPEC database containing some 13 million papers. From which the leading authors of approximately 3000 papers were contacted by email and postal services. It was very disappointing that only 35% bothered to reply and some 30 authors wanted a free copy of the book! It was very much appreciated by the editor for the plaudits received from university professors for undertaking this work.

The majority of the data presented in this handbook has been gleaned from material published over the last two decades. The data has been extracted from the original published paper or book. The interpretation of the data is that of the original author except where an obvious error has occurred in the publishing of tabular material. Otherwise, every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the transcripted original data.

This chapter contains an index to some 370 materials for which data is presented.

This chapter contains 236 resistivity references.