The electronic properties of nickel-palladium alloys

Abstract

The magnetic properties of Ni-Pd alloys are discussed on the basis of the collective electron treatment of ferromagnetism. A series of further experimental investigations is suggested, including measurements of the specific heat at low temperatures, of the magnetization below the Curie point and in the presence of a strong magnetic field at low temperatures, of the composition and temperature variation of the electrical resistivity and of the effect of strong compression on the Curie temperature of the Pd-rich alloys. In all cases it is possible to make qualitative or quantitative predictions as to the outcome of the investigations. It is suggested that compression of pure Pd by means of practicable pressures may have the effect of rendering the metal ferromagnetic with a low Curie point.