J. W. TaylorJ. A. DuffyJ. PoulterA. M. BebbM. J. CooperJ. E. McCarthyD. N. TimmsJ. B. StauntonF. ItohH. SakuraiB. L. AhujaThe University of WarwickMahidol UniversityEuropean Synchrotron Radiation FacilityUniversity of PortsmouthGunma UniversityMohan Lal Sukhadia University2018-07-242018-07-242002-01-01Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. Vol.65, No.2 (2002), 244421-244427016318292-s2.0-17344379032https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/20243The spin-polarized momentum densities of disordered single-crystal Pd1-xCoxhave been studied using the magnetic Compton scattering technique, for the compositions x = 0.6 and 0.28. Magnetic Compton profiles have been measured along the three principle crystallographic directions in each sample, and compared with theoretical profiles calculated using the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker coherent-potential approximation method. The calculated and measured spin-polarized momentum distributions, as revealed by their magnetic Compton profiles, are in excellent agreement. However the calculated spin moment for the composition with x = 0.6 is some 10% smaller than that measured experimentally, and for x = 0.28, the deviation becomes 15%. These differences are attributed to the effect of order in the samples, which becomes increasingly important in the Pd-rich side of the phase diagram. The orbital component to the magnetization has been determined as 0.08 and 0.18μBfor Pd0.4Co0.6and Pd0.72Co0.28, respectively.Mahidol UniversityMaterials SciencePhysics and AstronomyArticleSCOPUS