Published February 9, 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Dilatometric study of NdCu2 in magnetic fields

  • 1. Department of Physics, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Institut fuer Experimentalphysik, Technische Universitaet Wien, A-1040 Wien (Austria)

Description

Single crystals of the orthorhombic intermetallic NdCu2 have been used to measure the thermal expansion and longitudinal magnetostriction. Measurements were made parallel to the crystallographic b-direction in the temperature range 1.5-30 K and in magnetic fields up to 7 T. A comparison of the measurements with the results of a mean-field calculation indicate a negative magnetoelastic constant. A magnetic phase diagram of NdCu2 has been deduced from the anomalies observed in the dilatometric measurements. ((orig.))

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Journal Volume
140-144
Journal Issue
1-3
Journal Page Range
p. 1129-1130.
ISSN
0304-8853
CODEN
JMMMDC

Conference

Title
International conference on magnetism (ICM).
Dates
22-26 Aug 1994.
Place
Warsaw (Poland).