The electronic band structure, magnetic and transport properties of monocry
stalline Fe3-xVxAl compounds with the B2-type structure were investigated.
It was found that the magnetic and unusual transport properties are due to
a strong hybridization of the 3d states of iron and vanadium and their shif
t to below the Fermi energy. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science S.A. Al
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