Resistivity anomalies in rare earth and transition metals and their alloys

Abstract

It is shown that the anomalies in the resistivity of rare earth and transition metals and their alloys occurring at intermediate temperatures (e.g. the Woodward-Cody anomaly (1964) in A15 alloys) can be explained within the framework of standard transport theory. The extra resistance at the intermediate temperatures arises because ion cores with d or f electrons in different, nearly degenerate configurations present different scattering cross sections to the conduction electrons.