“…As a reference system for the study of the border of metallic ferromagnetism, Ni 3 Al is also convenient because, along with its close relative, the nearly ferromagnetic metal Ni 3 Ga, it has been extensively studied using a wide range of experimental techniques, 23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32 all of which indicate the importance of spin fluctuations in these materials. 33,34 The combined results in these two systems define the parameters of the mean-field spin-fluctuation model that may be relevant to interpreting the behaviour of Ni 3 Al from its low-pressure ferromagnetic phase to the high pressure paramagnetic phase near and above p c where a marginal Fermi liquid cross-over state may be expected to be observed.…”