Structural and Magnetic Properties of Yb0.5Ce0.5Ni5

The rare-earth magnetism in the intermetallic compound Yb0.5Ce0.5Ni5 was studied using X-ray diffraction, magnetization, heat capacity, and electrical resistivity measurements. The effect of spin fluctuations (SF) was observed in M(T) at ~40 K. The measurement of thermal and transport properties sup...

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Autores: Dzubinska, Andrea, Giovannini, Mauro, Rodríguez Fernández, Jesús|||0000-0002-4046-2969, Arun, Kumar, Varga, Rastislav, Reiffers, Marian, Gómez Sal, José Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/28092
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10902/28092
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Rare-earth elements
Magnetic properties
Spin fluctuations
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Sumario:The rare-earth magnetism in the intermetallic compound Yb0.5Ce0.5Ni5 was studied using X-ray diffraction, magnetization, heat capacity, and electrical resistivity measurements. The effect of spin fluctuations (SF) was observed in M(T) at ~40 K. The measurement of thermal and transport properties supported the results obtained from magnetic measurements. Collected experimental data showed that Yb/Ce substitution shifts the maximum temperature for spin fluctuations to a lower temperature compared to that for pure CeNi5. Moreover, at low temperatures, an anomaly in the heat capacity of possible magnetic origin arising from Yb3+ was detected. Ce atoms seemed to remain in a non-magnetic valence state at almost 4+.