A NEUTRON-DIFFRACTION AND YB-170 MOSSBAUER STUDY OF YB3PD4

Authors
BONVILLE P HODGES JA IMBERT P JEHANNO G THUERY P
Citation
P. Bonville et al., A NEUTRON-DIFFRACTION AND YB-170 MOSSBAUER STUDY OF YB3PD4, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 136(3), 1994, pp. 238-244
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
03048853
Volume
136
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
238 - 244
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8853(1994)136:3<238:ANAYMS>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The magnetic properties of the rhombohedral intermetallic compound Yb3 Pd4 have been investigated using Yb-170 Mossbauer spectroscopy and neu tron diffraction. Magnetic ordering of the Yb3+ moments sets in below T(N) = 3.2 K, the saturated moment per Yb3+ being mus congruent-to 0.6 mu(B). The magnetic structure is antiferromagnetic and we discuss the possible moment orientations. In the paramagnetic phase, the thermal variation of the Yb3+ 4f shell quadrupolar moment has been measured.