Is. Dubenko et al., TRANSFORMATION FROM A WEAKLY TO STRONGLY FERROMAGNETIC GROUND-STATE IN THE Y1-TLUT(CO0.88AL0.12)(2) SYSTEM, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 135(3), 1994, pp. 326-332
Magnetic characteristics of the Y1-tLut(Co0.88Al0.12)(2) intermetallic
system were studied. The ground state was found to change from a weak
ly (in Y-rich compounds) to strongly (in Lu-rich compounds) ferromagne
tic within the narrow concentration range in the vicinity of t = 0.4.
It is supposed that small changes of the density of d-state characteri
stics near the Fermi level are able to change the ground state, thus p
roviding the abrupt change in the magnetic behaviour of the compounds
by substituting Y for Lu. The anomalous T-c(t) dependence of the TmtLu
1-t(Co0.88Al0.12)(2) system is discussed assuming that the d-subsystem
of the R(Co0.88Al0.12)(2) compounds with all heavy rare earths, in wh
ich it is magnetized by the f-d exchange interaction, is similar to th
at of Y(Co0.88Al0.12)(2).