Electrical resistivity and magnetization of the intermediate valence compound CePd3

Abstract

The electrical resistivity and magnetization have been measured for a high quality single crystal of the intermediate valence compound CePd₃. The magnetization was measured in the temperature range 4–175 K. After correcting for a small Curie‐like impurity contribution, the susceptibility χ decreased with increasing temperature from the 4 K value of 1.85×10⁻³ emu/mole of CePd₃. The electrical resistivity ρ was measured from 1.2–300 K. A resistance ratio ρ(300 K)/ρ(4.2 K)=11.5 was obtained. At low temperature (T−8 Ω m at 0 K.