The crystallization characteristics of glassy Cu‐Zr has been studied by differential scanning calorimetry, x‐ray diffraction, and measurement of electrical resistance and magnetic susceptibility. Our results allow us to remove many discrepancies between previously published data; they also suggest that the equiatomic Cu‐Zr does not exist as a single phase in the crystalline state. We observe parallel changes on crystallization between the magnetic susceptibility and the electrical resistance, which we interpret through changes in the d density of states.
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It should also be noted that crystalline shows a saturation of resistance with temperature reminiscent of that seen in A15 compounds.
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