Effect of chemical composition on magnetic properties of GdNi2B2C

Autor: Godart, C., Felner, I., Michor, H., Hilscher, G., Tominez, E., Alleno, E.
Zdroj: Journal of Alloys and Compounds; July 1998, Vol. 275 Issue: 1 p642-645, 4p
Abstrakt: We report on effects of non-stoichiometry in GdtNixByCzsamples annealed at 800°C, with t=16.67% and t+x+y+z=100%. Every sample shows a peak at 12–13 K in the zero field cooled branch of the susceptibility curve merging with the field cooled branch at the same Néel temperature TN(Gd)=20.0(5) K. The magnetization at 5 K, M(H), and the paramagnetic behavior for all materials have been measured and in the limit of uncertainty all look the same. We conclude that the non-stoichiometry, up to 5%, on Ni, B and C sites does not affect magnetic ordering in this material and that the annealing temperature is very crucial for magnetic impurity phases.
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