Samarium electrical resistivity

Chnard (1967) used electrical resistivity measurements to study the -phase forming tendencies of cerium alloys between 300 and 1.5 K. The addition of 2 at% samarium to cerium resulted in a hysteresis loop in the temperature vs. resistivity curve between approximately 40 and 170 K. This was attributed to the formation of some aCe during thermal cycling. 

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