Showing papers on "Metamagnetism published in 1978"

Magnetic properties, electrical resistivity and thermal expansion of (Ho,Y)Co2

Abstract: The influence of the Ho substitution on the Co moments in (HoxY1-x)Co2 has been investigated by means of magnetic, resistivity and lattice parameter measurements. A first-order phase transition and a field-induced metamagnetism can be detected for x>or=0.7. At the magnetic transition temperature anomalies of the lattice parameters were measured for x>or=0.3. In connection with the first-order transition a discontinuity in the rho (T) curves appears for x>or=0.7. For 0.3 150K) the rho (T) curves show a tendency to saturation, which is the same for all x values. Considering the substitution of Ho into YCo2 the existence of a critical RE concentration (x>0.1) for the appearance of a long-range magnetic order is evidenced. The Co moments mu Co are compared with neutron diffraction results. The overall agreement is very good and supports the assumption of induced Co moments. For the whole pseudobinary system, a Fermi energy situated in a steep flank of the density of states function was assumed.

Magnetic Properties of Linear Chain Systems: Metamagnetism of Single Crystal Co(pyridine) 2 Cl 2

Abstract: The metamagnetic behavior of the low temperature properties of single crystal Co(pyridine)2Cl2 is discussed. At 1.25 K oriented single crystals exhibit a two‐step metamagnetic transition at applied fields ∼0.8 and 1.6 kG along the b‐axis, a single transition at ∼0.7 kG for applied fields along the a* axis, and a single transition at ∼4.2 kG for an applied field along the c axis. Just above the transition fields a moment of 2μB/Co atom is measured for B0 parallel to the a* axis or b axis, and 0.4μB/Co atom is measured for the B0 parallel to the c axis. A large field dependent moment is observed at high fields. Many features of this compound closely mirror the behavior of CoCl2⋅2H2O. However, the Co(pyridine)2Cl2 has a much smaller interchain exchange, so that many features can be examined at lower fields. The basic features are consistent with a six‐sublattice model for the ordered antiferromagnetic system. Measurements of magnetic moment versus temperature show that Co(pyridine)2Cl2 does not obey a Curie–...