A {sup 151}Eu Moessbauer spectroscopic and magnetic susceptibility investigation of the intermetallic compounds EuTIn (T = Zn, Pd, Pt, Au)
- Univ. Muenster (Germany)
The title compounds were investigated by magnetic susceptibility measurements and {sup 151}Eu Moessbauer spectroscopy. EuZnIn and EuPtIn show Curie-Weiss behavior above 60 K with experimental magnetic moments of 7.80(5) and 8.0(1) {mu}{sub B}/Eu, respectively, indicating divalent europium. The zinc compound orders antiferromagnetically at T{sub N} = 8.0(5) k and two metamagnetic transitions are detected at the critical field strengths B{sub C1} = 1.1(1) T and B{sub C2} = 2.6(2) T. At 5 K the saturation magnetic moment amounts to 7.0(1) {mu}{sub B}/Eu, suggesting a full parallel spin alignment. EuPdIn and EuAuIn order antiferromagnetically at 13.0(5) and 21.0(5) K in low external magnetic fields, respectively. The four compounds are metallic conductors. The Moessbauer measurements of the EuTIn compounds show {sup 151}Eu isomer shifts typical of divalent europium. The isomer shifts are found to linearly correlated with the closest Eu-Eu distance in the structure. Based on the Moessbauer data the onset of magnetic order is observed at T{sub N}(EuZnIn) = 9.5(5) K, T{sub N}(EuPdIn) = 15.5(5) K, T{sub N}(EuAuIn) = 20.0(5) K, and T{sub N}(EuPtIn) = 20.0(5) K, respectively. The magnetically split spectrum of EuZnIn reveals evidence of Eu site inequivalence.
- OSTI ID:
- 642162
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 137, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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