Magnetization process of nickel near the Curie temperature

The experimental behaviors of magnetization process in pure nickel which has a moment of 0.6 /spl mu//sub B/ and a Curie temperature of about 600 K is investigated. Results confirmed that the theory, recently developed by Takahashi, on weakly itinerant-electron ferromagnets is applicable even to magnetically stronger case of itinerant ferromagnet. The amount of impurities and the effects of demagnetizing field were observed to have no effect on the result of the study.