Published March 1978 | Version v1
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Magnetic ordering in Ce-La and Nd-La alloys

  • 1. Ames Laboratory: DOE and Departments of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011

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Heat capacity, magnetic susceptibility, and electrical resistivity measurements have been made on a wide ranging set of Ce-La and Nd-La alloys. In the case of Ce it is found that less than 5 at. % of La will prevent the β (dhcp) to α (collapsed fcc) transition at T9 or approx. =50 K. In the case of Nd-La only the dhcp allotrope is formed. Two magnetic ordering temperatures have been found for many of the samples. These are believed to be caused by antiferromagnetic ordering on the two different atomic sites in the dhcp structure, cubic and hexagonal. In both sets of alloys the two ordering temperatures coalesce into one for La concentrations > or approx. =30%. Additional magnetic features in Ce-La alloys are explained by the formation of the fcc phase

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Journal Title
Journal of Applied Physics
Journal Volume
49
Journal Issue
3
Series
J. Appl. Phys.
Journal Page Range
2115-2117
ISSN
0021-8979

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