Published March 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Effect of rare earth filling on unfilled skutterudite compound CoSb3

  • 1. Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397 (Japan)
  • 2. Faculty of Integrated Arts and Science, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, 770-8502 (Japan)

Description

We have succeeded in synthesizing the filled skutterudite compound PrxCo4Sb12 under high pressures. Pr site filling factor was estimated to be about 50+/-10% by powder X-ray diffraction and chemical composition analysis using field emission electron microscope. Apparent expansion of lattice constant 9.09A compared to that of CoSb39.03A is also indirect evidence of successful filling of Pr-ions. In the magnetization and specific heat measurements, no anomaly suggesting phase transition has been found down to 2K

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jmmm.2006.10.544;
PII
S0304-8853(06)01751-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Journal Volume
310
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 1715-1717
ISSN
0304-8853
CODEN
JMMMDC

Conference

Title
17. international conference on magnetism
Dates
20-25 Aug 2006
Place
Kyoto (Japan)

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Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.