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Magnetic Coupling in the Ni-Pd Alloy System

E. O. Wollan

  • Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Phys. Rev. 167, 461 – Published 10 March, 1968

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.167.461

Abstract

The magnetic coupling properties of the Ni-Pd alloy system are considered in terms of a molecular-field solution based on a Heisenberg type of interaction for spin ½. The unpaired electrons in Ni are assumed to be part of a band of mainly t2g character in which the totality of interactions leads to an interatomic ferromagnetic coupling. The unpaired electrons in pure Pd are assumed to be part of a narrow, weakly interacting band with more nearly eg symmetry. In the alloy, the Pd band structure becomes progressively more like that of Ni. The magnetic energy is then calculated in terms of the probability of finding unpaired electrons in the overlapping orbitals of the Ni and Pd atoms. The probability is determined from the average moment curve on the assumption of 3d9 and 3d10 states only. A fit to the data on the Curie temperature and average magnetic moment then gives the following relative values for the exchange constants (molecular-field coefficients); A for Ni-Ni, αA for Ni-Pd, and α2A for Pd-Pd, with α0.8.

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