DILATOMETRIC STUDY OF NDCU2 IN MAGNETIC-FIELDS

Authors
ZOCHOWSKI SW ROTTER M GRATZ E MCEWEN KA
Citation
Sw. Zochowski et al., DILATOMETRIC STUDY OF NDCU2 IN MAGNETIC-FIELDS, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 144, 1995, pp. 1129-1130
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
03048853
Volume
144
Year of publication
1995
Part
2
Pages
1129 - 1130
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8853(1995)144:<1129:DSONIM>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Single crystals of the orthorhombic intermetallic NdCu2 have been used to measure the thermal expansion and longitudinal magnetostriction. M easurements were made parallel to the crystallographic b-direction in the temperature range 1.5-30 K and in magnetic fields up to 7 T. A com parison of the measurements with the results of a mean-field calculati on indicate a negative magnetoelastic constant. A magnetic phase diagr am of NdCu, has been deduced from the anomalies observed in the dilato metric measurements.