Magnetic properties of Pr3-xGdxCo11B4 borides

作者：Kervan Selcuk^*; Kervan Nazmiye; Sozeri Huseyin

来源：Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2014, 354: 17-20.

DOI：10.1016/j.jmmm.2013.10.043

• Intermetallic compound
• X-ray diffraction
• Magnetic property

Polycrystalline series of single phase Pr3-xGdxCo11B4(x=0, 1, 2, and 3) solid solutions were prepared and characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), magnetization and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements. The powder X-ray diffraction patterns show that all samples crystallize as a single phase with the hexagonal Ce3Co11B4-type structure. The substitution of Gd for Pr leads to a decrease of the unit-cell parameters a and the unit-cell volume V, while the unit-cell parameter c increases monotonically. Magnetic measurements indicate that all samples are ordered magnetically below the Curie temperature. The Curie temperatures increase as Pr is substituted by Gd. The saturation magnetization at 4 K decreases upon Gd substitution up to x=1, and then increases.

• 出版日期2014-3