Neutron Measurement of Magnetization Density in Palladium

The magnetization density induced in palladium by an applied magnetic field was measured by polarized neutron diffraction. The measurements were taken with the sample at 4.2 K in an applied field of 57.2 kOe and include the innermost eleven Bragg reflections. The observed density is contracted by about 15% relative to that calculated for ${\mathrm{Pd}}^{+2\mathrm{}}$ by the Hartree-Fock method, and shows an asphericity similar to that of isoelectronic Ni.