The Magnetic Susceptibility of Zinc at Liquid Nitrogen Temperatures

The magnetic susceptibility of zinc parallel to the hexagonal axis, ${\chi }_3$, has been observed to be field dependent up to 85°K. The behavior of ${\chi }_3$ at liquid nitrogen temperatures somewhat somewhat resembles the de Haasvan Alphen effect with the amplitude of oscillation sharply decreased and the maxima and minima displaced in field strength. The value about which ${\chi }_3$ oscillates appears to be a constant approximately equal to -0.180×${10}^6$ up to at least 63°K. Addition of 0.016 percent copper does not significantly change the results.