Preparation, structure and physical properties of Fe-, Co- and Ni-rich melt-quenched ribbons containing Zr or Hf Part II: electrical transport properties

A melt-spinning technique was used to produce TE-TL alloy ribbons with TE = Zr and Hf and TL = Fe, Co or Ni for compositions around the TL-rich eutectic (about 90 at.% TL-content). A large amount of data on the room-temperature electrical resistivity and the thermopower as well as on the temperature coefficient of resistivity between 77 K and 300 K is presented for these alloys with the aim to provide a complete characterization of the reproducibility of the ribbon preparation and to demonstrate the macroscopic homogeneity along the length of long ribbons. The influence of atomic structure and chemical composition on the electrical transport properties of these alloy systems is also discussed to some extent.