We have succeeded in growing single crystals of new ternary compounds R3Pd2
0Ge6 (R = Pr and Nd). The magnetic properties of R3Pd20Ge6 (R = Pr and Nd)
can be basically understood on the basis of the localized 4f-electron model
The magnetic phase diagram of Nd3Pd20Ge6 consists of at least two antiferr
omagnetic phases II and III. The antiferromagnetic orderings of Nd3Pd20Ge6
occur on the two R sites independently. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All
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