Magnetic susceptibility of liquid antimony-zinc alloys

Magnetic measurements on liquid Sb-Zn alloys around the composition of the intermediate phases SbZn, Sb3Zn4 and Zn2Sb3 are reported. The results give no clear evidence of an anomalous behaviour arising from the possible occurrence of association or chemical short-range order in the liquid state. The slightly increased temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility observed near the liquidus temperature seems to be that of a liquid semimetal. The deviations from the additive rule are very small and negative and tend to disappear with increasing temperature.