We present measurements of the Peltier-effect in the mixed state of Bi,.,,Pb,,SrzCazCu,Od. The Peltier-coefficient broadens in a magnetic field quite similar to the resistivity and the thermopower. Comparison with the thermopower shows that Onsagers relation holds well. The occurrence of the Peltier-heat in the mixed state well below T, implies that the electric current is accompanied by a large heat current. We show that the vortex contribution to the Peltier-heat is negligibly small. Therefore the heat current has to be attributed to normal quasiparticle excitations. Our results indicate that this quasiparticle contribution to the heat current remains large even at temperatures far below c.

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We consider a contribution to the flux-flow Hall effect that arises from the existence of large thermomagnetic effects in the mixed state of the high-T, superconductors.From the measured values of the Seebeck and Nernst-Ettingshausen effects we find that this contribution is as large as the direct flux-flow contribution to the Hall effect, but has the opposite sign for a positive Seebeck coeScient. Therefore it leads to a sign change of the Hall resistance. A calculation of the temperature and field dependence of the Hall resistivity yields good agreement with the data.

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