Published September 27, 1999 | Version v1
Journal article

Structure and magnetic properties of Pd and Cu doped UCoAl

  • 1. Ceska Akademie Ved, Prague (Czech Republic). Fyzikalni Ustav
  • 2. Department of Electronic Structures, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 12116, Prague (Czech Republic)
  • 3. Institute of Metal Physics, 620219, Ekaterinburg (Russian Federation)
  • 4. ISSP, Tokyo University, Roppongi 7-22-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo (Japan)
  • 5. IMR, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai (Japan)

Description

The impact of Pd and Cu substitutions in the Co sublattice on structure and magnetic properties of the 5f-band metamagnet UCoAl was studied.The solubility in the UCo1-xTxAl system has been found to extend up to x=0.40 for T=Pd and x=0.10 for T=Cu. In the common solubility range, a very similar development of lattice parameters and magnetization behaviour has been observed for the two systems. Both lattice parameters, a and c, increase linearly with increasing x whereas the metamagnetism is gradually suppressed (the metamagnetic transition is shifted to higher fields and the magnetization in the metamagnetic state is diminishing). The metamagnetic transition vanishes for x∼0.08 similar to doping UCoAl by other elements with more populated states in the d-band than Co (T=Ni and Pt). (orig.)

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Journal Title
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Journal Volume
291
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 11-15
ISSN
0925-8388
CODEN
JALCEU

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