Electrical resistivity and magnetic susceptibility of Co48Fe25Si4B19Nb4 + R (R = Nd, Sm, Tb, Yb) alloys in crystalline and liquid states were studied in present work. Electronic characteristics (effective magnetic moment, density of states at the Fermi level and paramagnetic Curie temperature) were calculated from experimental data. It is shown that all rare earth metals that were used should increase the glass-forming ability of alloys, but neodymium and samarium can have the greatest effect.

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