Effect of the magnetism of manganese on the resistivity of liquid manganese-zinc alloys

The electrical resistivity of liquid MnxZn1−x alloys has been measured as a function of temperature between the liquidus and 850 °C for a manganese concentration x from 0 to 0.3. The electrical resistivity results has been interpreted within the extended Faber-Ziman formalism taking into account energy dependent phase shifts. Spin-dependent scattering of the conduction electrons has been considered and shows a better agreement with the experimental values than the classical spin-independent approach.