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Specific heat studies of structurally layered powdered Ni(C5H5N)(2)Ni(CN)(4
) have been carried out from 100 mK to 2.5 K in zero magnetic field. A lamb
da-like anomaly with a strong rounding-off observed at 0.9 K might be ascri
bed to the phase transition into the magnetically ordered state. Consequent
ly, easy-axis type of anisotropy introduced by C5H5N enabled analysing the
system using a 2d S = 1/2 Ising model for the square lattice and a Schottky
anomaly yielding D/k(B) = -1.9 K and \J/k(B)\ = 0.35 K. (C) 1999 Elsevier
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