Abstract
Thermoelectric power (S) measurements have been made on several supersaturated AlMn alloys containing up to 2 at.% Mn in solid solution. The Mn contribution has been obtained from 2 to 440K to an accuracy of +or-5% by making corrections for phonon scattering and phonon drag. The results are compared with data for the more strongly magnetic alloys, CuFe, AuV and AuCo, by plotting S/SN against T/ Theta R, where Theta R is the characteristic temperature from the -T2 term in the low temperature electrical resistivity (except for AuCo), and SN is a normalization factor. The data for all the alloys lie on the same curve in the temperature range considered, (T/ Theta R<or=0.8), to an accuracy of at least +or-10%, although there are significant deviations from linearity above T/ Theta R=0.15.