Published April 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

Magnetic properties of R3Rh2 compounds with R = Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho and Er

  • 1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 38 - Grenoble (France). Lab. Louis Neel
  • 2. Santander Univ. (Spain). Facultad de Ciencias
  • 3. Universite de Savoie, 74 - Annecy-le-Vieux (France). Lab. Structure de la Matiere

Description

Bulk magnetic measurements performed on polycrystalline samples of the tetragonal compounds R3Rh2 with R = Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho and Er are presented. All the compounds are ferromagnetic at low temperature. However in Tb3Rh2 an antiferromagnetic behaviour is observed between 14 and 24 K. In Gd3Rh2, where the magnetocrystalline anisotropy must be negligible, it seems that the magnetic structure is not collinear. In the other compounds the observed properties essentially result from indirect exchange interactions and crystal field effects acting on the rare earth ions which lie in low symmetry sites. (author)

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Journal Title
Solid State Commun.
Journal Volume
50
Journal Issue
1
Series
Solid State Commun.
Journal Page Range
43-45
ISSN
0038-1098