Published June 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Magnetic structure of TbNiAl4

  • 1. School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, ACT 2600 (Australia)
  • 2. Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 (Australia)
  • 3. Faculties of Engineering and Science, Toyama University, Toyama 930 8555 (Japan)
  • 4. Bragg Institute, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234 (Australia)

Description

Magnetisation and specific heat measurements, in the range 2 K to room temperature, demonstrate that three magnetic phases exist for the intermetallic compound TbNiAl4. Powder neutron diffraction, also carried out over a wide temperature range, establishes that the intermediate magnetic phase is incommensurate, and confirms that the lowest temperature phase has a linear antiferromagnetic structure with a (0 1 0) propagation vector. The respective transition (Neel) temperatures, in zero applied magnetic field are 34.0 and 28.0 K

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jmmm.2005.07.012;
PII
S0304-8853(05)00684-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Journal Volume
301
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 352-358
ISSN
0304-8853
CODEN
JMMMDC

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Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.