Electrical Resistivity of the Ni — Pd Alloy System between 300°K and 730°K

Abstract

Electrical resistivity measurements have been made on alloys of Ni and Pd from room temperature to 730°K. The maximum in the resistivity was found to shift from 70 atomic percent Pd 30 atomic percent Ni at room temperature, to the 50-50 composition at temperatures where all the specimens are paramagnetic. At these elevated temperatures it was found that Matthiessen's rule is obeyed over the entire range of compositions. The general behavior may be interpreted in terms of the dependence of $s-d$ scattering upon temperature and composition.