ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Magnetic properties of Y1−xGdxCo3B2 with x=0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0 have been studied in a wide temperature range from 4.2 to 1250 K. All compounds studied here have the CeCo3B2-type structure which is a derivative of the RCo5 type one. In this system, the Co atom is nonmagnetic down to 4.2 K and the Curie temperature decreases almost linearly with increasing composition x and is expected to vanish at around x=0 (YCo3B2). For the sample with x=0.2, a spin-glass freezing point has been found in addition to the usual ferromagnetic Curie temperature. Gd magnetic moments obtained from the saturation magnetizations at T=4.2 K are generally smaller than those obtained from the Curie–Weiss constants in the high-temperature paramagnetic region, which suggests a slight polarization of the Co atoms antiparallel to the Gd moment in the ferromagnetic region.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.349900
