Antiferromagnetism and crystal-field effects in CeCuX3 (X=Al,Ga) compounds
- 15 May 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 73 (10) , 6625-6627
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.352534
Abstract
We have studied two new tetragonal compounds, CeCuAl3 and CeCuGa3, which both display very large specific‐heat, c(T), values at low temperature. CeCuAl3 orders antiferromagnetically below TN=3.0 K, while CeCuGa3 remains paramagnetic down to 0.4 K. The large values of c(T) in these and other cerium intermetallics are interpreted as resulting from an unusually small crystal‐field splitting and the possible presence of atomic disorder.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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