Electronic properties of UCuSn

Crystallographic analysis shows that UCuSn does not form in the hexagonal CaIn2 structure as reported previously, but is an ordered ternary compound and forms in an orthorhombic structure. Bulk and neutron-diffraction measurements reveal that UCuSn orders antiferromagnetically below 60 K. At 4.2 K, high-field magnetization reveal a complex magnetization process with two metamagnetic transitions. Furthermore, bulk investigations show an additional anomaly at 25 K, but a regular temperature dependence of various magnetic peaks down to the lowest temperature gives no evidence for a second magnetic transition. Possible scenarios responsible for the drastic changes in the electronic properties around 25 K are discussed