Coexistence of intermediate-valence and antiferromagnetic ordering in europium metal

Abstract
Mossbauer-effect measurements show that for Eu metal, intermediate-valence and antiferromagnetic ordering states coexist over the pressure range 0 to 14 GPa for temperatures below the Néel temperature of about 90 K. As the average valence increases with pressure up to 12 GPa, the magnetization decreases due to a dilution of the average magnetic moment per atom.