Magnetic Susceptibility and Electrical Properties of p‐Pb1−xSnxTe

TLDR: The results of the measurements of magnetic susceptibility, Hall effect, and resistivity of the p-type Pb1−xSnxTe solid solutions with x = 011 to 031 and a hole concentration of (31 to 79) × 1019 cm−3 are given as discussed by the authors.

Abstract: The results of the measurements of magnetic susceptibility, Hall effect, and resistivity of the p-type Pb1−xSnxTe solid solutions with x = 011 to 031 and a hole concentration of (31 to 79) × 1019 cm−3 are given The magnetic susceptibility was measured in a temperature range of 78 to 450 °K, the Hall effect and resistivity in a range 42 to 450 °K At T > 80 °K the Hall coefficient essentially increases with temperature, which can be explained by the presence of light and heavy hole bands The temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility shows that the latter is paramagnetic for the holes, and the Pb1−xSnxTe valence band has a complex structure Near T = 300 °K the temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility has peculiarities It is supposed that the latter are connected with the conversion of the g-factor to zero when the hole effective mass increases with temperature [Russian Text Ignored]