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Influence of temperature and magnetic field on ferrimagnetic CePtGe[sub 2]

Journal Article · · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States)
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  1. Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (United States)
  2. Ames Laboratory and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (United States)
  3. Ames Laboratory and Department of Physics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (United States)

An external magnetic field causes a significant (more than twofold) increase of [gamma] deduced from high-temperature-range data (i.e., the paramagnetic state) showing no saturation even at 7.5 T, and a slight rise of the electronic specific-heat coefficient for the magnetically ordered state up to [similar to]125 mJ/mol K[sup 2] with saturation at this value in a much lower field (2.5 T). The entropy ([Delta][ital S]) associated with the ferrimagnetic phase transition is estimated to be 2.9 J/mol K, which is only 0.35[ital R] or 50% of the theoretically expected [ital R] ln2 value. The heat-capacity and resistivity measurements suggest that CePtGe[sub 2] is a moderately heavy-fermion system.

DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-82
OSTI ID:
6740669
Journal Information:
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States) Vol. 51:2; ISSN 0163-1829; ISSN PRBMDO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English