KONDO HOLE BEHAVIOR IN CE0.97LA0.03PD3

We present results for the resistivity, the magnetoresistance, and the specific heat of Ce0.97La0.03Pd3 and CePd3. The impurity contribution s to these measurements follow the :predictions of the single-impurity Kondo model for a Kondo temperature T-L approximate to 65 K, assuming that the impurity behaves as a crystal-field split (Gamma(7)) doubler . Assuming a J=5/2 impurity, the value of T-L needed to fit these expe riments varies from 65 to 125 K. The contribution to the susceptibilit y may be too small to be explained by the model. These results address whether the nonmagnetic impurity behaves asa Kondo hole.