Electric and Magnetic Behavior of Ce8Pd24M Compounds with M = (Ga, In, Sn, Pb, Sb and Bi).

Abstract

We have prepared and examined the resistivity and magnetic susceptibility of a series of ternary compounds with composition Ce8Pd24M, where M is one of Ga, In, Sn, Sb, Pb or Bi and the related composition La8Pd24In. All members of this series are cubic with effective cerium moments consistent with tri-valent cerium. The lanthanum compound behaves as a simple metal in resistivity and has a small, negative susceptibility at 295K. All the cerium compounds but the gallide exhibit anti-ferromagnetic ordering below 10K. Metallic behavior is observed for all. The properties of the stannide, plumbide, antimonide and bismuthide reflect some weak interactions with crystal-field-split cerium states above 30K and changes in slope at low temperature coincident with the second-order anti-ferromagnetic phase transitions. Resistivities for the gallide and indide display broad features near 15K and 50K, respectively, suggesting a strong Kondo interaction is present in these materials. jg p3

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 12, 1996
Accession Number
ADA303754

Entities

People

  • C. D. Jones
  • F. J. Disalvo
  • M. G. Alexander
  • R. A. Gordon

Organizations

  • Cornell University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arc Melting
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Diffraction
  • Elements
  • Energy Levels
  • Fermi Levels
  • High Temperature
  • Lanthanum Compounds
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Melting
  • Military Research
  • Neel Temperature
  • Phase
  • Phase Transformations
  • Transition Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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