A crystal field investigation of the properties of RCuAs2 (R = Pr, Nd, Sm, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er and Yb)

被引:7
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作者
Chatterji, A. [1 ]
Chatterjee, Reba [2 ]
机构
[1] Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath Coll, Kolkata 700120, India
[2] Madanpur KA Vidyalaya Girls, Nadia, W Bengal, India
关键词
crystal field; magnetic properties; heat capacity; stark energies;
D O I
10.1016/j.physb.2008.03.007
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
A crystal field (CF) investigation of the magnetic properties and heat capacities of RCuAS(2) (R = Pr, Nd, Sm, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er and Yb) has been carried out using the observed average magnetic susceptibilities (1.8-300K) of the title compounds. The CF parameters proposed for the systems show a systematic variation throughout the rare-earth series. Other physical properties dependent on the CF are also computed and compared with available experimental data. The experimental heat capacity data reported for a limited range of temperature agree well with computed heat capacity for all the compounds (except SmCuAs2 and YbCuAs2). CF J mixing was found to be appreciable for all the samples except YbCuAs2. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:3067 / 3076
页数:10
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