Measurements of the magnetic properties of solid solutions of cobalt in palladium show that ferromagnetism exists in solutions as dilute as 0.1 at.% of cobalt, when the cobalt atoms are about 10 at. diam apart. The ferromagnetic Curie point is established in this alloy by three different methods as 7°K. Bohr magneton numbers are determined for the whole series of alloys, and the moment associated with one cobalt atom is found to increase with dilution from 1.7 Bohr units in pure cobalt to a limit of 9 to 10 units in the greatest dilution. Lattice constants measured at room temperature show the effect of the onset of ferromagnetism at about 10 at.% cobalt. A simple model explains the magnitude and variation of the cobalt moment.

• Received 9 January 1961

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.122.1157