Published June 1, 1979 | Version v1
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Crystal-field effects in PrNi5: Comparison of calculations with experiments

  • 1. Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974

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In the intermetallic compound PrNi5, exchange interactions between Pr ions are small enough in order not to disturb the crystal-field singlet ground state of the Pr3+ ion. The thermodynamic and magnetic properties are thus mainly determined by the crystal-field splitting. It is shown here that magnetic-susceptibility, specific-heat, and thermal-expansion data can be explained satisfactorily with one crystal-field Hamiltonian

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter
Journal Volume
19
Journal Issue
11
Series
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter.
Journal Page Range
5475-5482