Published January 20, 1982 | Version v1
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On the magnetic behaviour of light rare earth tungstates

  • 1. Gorakhpur Univ. (India). Dept. of Physics

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Measurements of magnetic susceptibilities of rare earth tungstates RE2(WO4)3 (with RE = Ce, Pr, Nd and Gd) are reported in the temperature range 3-300 K at a magnetic field of 1.2 X 106 A m-1. All the tungstates are found to be ferrimagnetic with ferrimagnetic Neel temperature lying in the range 20-30 K (30 K (Ce), 25 K (Pr), 20 K (Nd) and 20 K (Gd)). Values of effective magneton numbers agree fairly well with those of free tripositive rare earth ions. The results are discussed on the basis of a newly proposed model. (author)

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Journal Title
J. Phys., C (London). Solid State Phys.
Journal Volume
15
Journal Issue
2
Series
J. Phys., C (London). Solid State Phys.
Journal Page Range
291-297
ISSN
0022-3719