Abstract
Mesurements are reported of the electrical resistivity of dilute Cr-Si and Cr-Ga alloy single crystals in the temperature range 4 to 1000 K. Analyses of the data show large magentic contributions to the electrical resistivity of all of the alloys at temperatures 0 < T < 2TN. where TN is the Néel temperature. These magnetic contributions are partly attributed to spin-fluctuation and temperature-dependent resonant impurity scattering effects. A hysteretic resistivity anomaly, ascribed to the effects of mixed incommensurate (I) and commensurate (C) spin-density-wave (SDW) states, was observed near the I-C phase transition temperature of Cr + 1.2 at.% Si. The resistivity of Cr + 0.16 at.% Ga shows a small and unusual anomaly near the spin-flip transition temperature.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2715-2725 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics Condensed Matter |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 30 Mar 1998 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics