XV.On the magnetic susceptibility of some amalgams and binary alloys

Abstract

THE relative magnetic susceptibilities of dilute amalgams of gold, tin, indium, and gallium with respect to that of mercury have been determined by means of a Curie-Chéneveau magnetic balance^(1). The (diamagnetic) susceptibility decreases in absolute value as the concentration of the dissolved metal increases, but not linearly. The effect per atom added on the susceptibility of mercury is greater for indium than for the other metals tried.