MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES OF BCC FE-PD EXTENDED SOLID-SOLUTIONS

Supersaturated Fe-Pd solid solutions were prepared by mechanical alloy ing. X-ray diffractometry showed that the as-milled alloys were bcc fr om 0-26 at. % Pd. Saturation magnetization measurements and Mossbauer spectrometry measurements were performed on these powders. Consistent interpretations of both sets of measurements were possible if the magn etic moment at the Pd atom was 0.35 mu(B) and constant, and if the mag netic moments at Fe atoms were enhanced by neighboring Pd atoms in a w ay similar to the effects of Ni.