Temperature dependence of the electrical resistivity of amorphous Co80−xErxB20 alloys

The temperature dependence of the electrical resistivity of amorphous Co_80?xEr_xB₂₀ alloys with x=0, 3.9, 7.5 and 8.6 prepared by melt spinning in pure argon atmosphere was studied. All amorphous alloys investigated here are found to exhibit a resistivity minimum at low temperature. The electrical resistivity exhibits logarithmic temperature dependence below the temperature of resistivity minimum T_min. In addition, the resistivity shows quadratic temperature behavior in the interval T_min<T<77 K. At high temperature, the electrical resistivity was discussed by the extended Ziman theory. For the whole series of alloys, the composition dependence of the temperature coefficient of electrical resistivity shows a change in structural short range occurring in the composition range 8–9 at%.