Electronic Properties of Two New Elemental Ferromagnets: fcc Pr and Nd

Abstract
The fcc phases of Pr and Nd have been stabilized at room temperature and at liquid-helium temperatures and both prove to be ferromagnetic. The measured electronic properties of this new phase are discussed in the light of presently accepted phase diagrams. The existence of the fcc phase accounts for a variety of anomalous data reported for double-hcp Pr.