Atomic Magnetic Moments in Dilute Iron—Palladium Alloys

Neutron scattering and magnetization measurements were made on dilute iron—palladium alloys to determine the existence and magnitude of the magnetic moments of the constituent atoms. This determination was made by the combination of the difference in the aligned magnetic moments obtained from the ferromagnetic diffuse neutron scattering and the average ferromagnetic moment per atom obtained from the saturation magnetization measurements. Data were taken on two alloys which contained 3 and 7 at. % Fe. The following results were obtained: $$\begin{array}{c}{\mathrm{Pd}}_{\text{0.97}}{\mathrm{Fe}}_{\text{0.03}}{\text{:\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}3.0±0.2\hspace{0.17em}μ}}_B/\mathrm{Fe}{\text{,\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}0.15±0.01\hspace{0.17em}μ}}_B/\mathrm{Pd}\\ {\mathrm{Pd}}_{\text{0.93}}{\mathrm{Fe}}_{\text{0.07}}{\text{:\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}3.0±0.2\hspace{0.17em}μ}}_B/\mathrm{Fe}{\text{,\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}0.27±0.02\hspace{0.17em}μ}}_B/\mathrm{Pd}.\end{array}$$