The polycrystalline Pt3Cr1-xMnx (x=0,..., 1) materials are a model system f
or the investigation of magnetic ordering and verification of band calculat
ion schemes. Five samples with stoichiometries x=0, 0.31 0.5, 0.7 and 1 wer
e produced and analysed using X-ray diffraction and SEM. Subsequently, phot
oemission measurements were carried out at the synchrotron radiation source
at Daresbury. The photoemission measurements indicated that there is littl
e hybridisation between the Mn and Cr 3d states. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science
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