  Polycrystalline rhodium(IV) oxide perovskite SrRhO3 was obtained by
high-pressure synthesis techniques, followed by measurements of the magnetic
susceptibility, electrical resistivity, and specific heat. The title compound
has five 4d-electrons per perovskite unit and shows Fermi-liquid behavior in
its electrical resistivity. The magnetic susceptibility is large [chi(300K)
\~1.1*10^{-3} emu/mol-Rh] and proportional to 1/T^2 (< 380 K), while there is
no magnetic long-range order above 1.8 K. The specific heat measurements
indicate a probable magnetic contribution below ~ 15 K, which is not predicted
by the self-consistent renormalization theory of spin fluctuations for both
antiferro- and ferromagnetic 3D nearly-ordered metals.
