ANISOTROPIC MAGNETIC AND TRANSPORT-PROPERTIES OF NDCU2

We have measured the magnetization, magnetic susceptibility, magnetore sistance, Hall effect and magnetocaloric effect on a NdCu2 single crys tal. The anisotropy of the magnetic properties is explained by the cry stal field effect. For the field along the b-axis, three metamagnetic transitions were clearly observed in the magnetization, magnetocaloric effect and transport properties. The origin of these anomalies in the transport properties at the metamagnetic transitions is discussed in terms of the magnetocaloric effect.