Spin-disorder effects in the electrical resistivities of metals and alloys

Abstract

The most straightforward examples of magnetic behavior associated with localized electrons in metals are provided by the rare earth metals Gd, Dy, and Er, where the 4f electron shell is incomplete. The susceptibilities of these elements at-high temperatures show magnetic ordering effects of both ferro- and antiferromagnetic character to be taking place. The electrical resistivity of transition metal alloys has been measured over a considerable temperature range and the hdgh temperature resistivity explained in the light of the spin-disorder scattering term. The use of resistivity measurements to examine the electronc structures is demonstrated. (W.D.M.)