Abstract
A modified Einstein-de Hass method has been developed sufficiently sensitive to measure the gyromagnetic ratio g' in paramagnetic transition metals. For the metals investigated the experimental values are Vanadium g' = 1.18 ± 0.10 Chromium g' = 1.21 ± 0.07 Niobium g' = 1.05 ± 0.07 Tantalum g' = 1.02 ± 0.07 Palladium g' = 1.77 ± 0.10 Platinum g' = 1.62 ± 0.08
From these values the contributions from orbital and spin effects can be resolved, showing a large orbital magnetism in V, Cr, Nb and Ta.