The Diffraction of X-Rays by Liquid Na-K Alloy in a Magnetic Field

Because magnetoresistance is found in the liquid Na-K alloy there is reason to expect that a magnetic field might modify the x-ray diffraction curve of the liquid. Experiment indicates that the diffraction is not changed by as much as two percent in a field of 2700 gauss. A test made to detect magnetostriction in the alloy indicates no volume change per unit volume greater than 3×${10}^{-7\mathrm{}}$ in a field of 7800 gauss. The cause of magnetoresistance in the liquid does not, therefore, appear to lie in changes of molecular grouping caused by a magnetic field.