Inamdar, Manjusha ; Thamizhavel, A. ; Ramakrishnan, S. (2009) Anisotropic magnetism in PrCrSb3 and NdCrSb3 Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 480 (1). pp. 28-30. ISSN 0925-8388
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Abstract
In this work we compare resistivity, susceptibility, magnetization and heat capacity of single crystals of PrCrSb3 and NdCrSb3. Both of them exhibit ferromagnetic ordering of Cr moments at 112 K and 100 K, respectively. Pr and Nd moments order at low temperatures (TPrN=12K and TNdC=10K) leading to moment compensation effects, even though bulk ferromagnetism of Cr moments persists down to the lowest temperature. The transport studies on PrCrSb3 show existence of gap in the spin-wave spectrum which seems to be absent in NdCrSb3. Moreover, the observed anisotropy in bulk properties and the ferromagnetic ordering of Cr moments are found to decrease with decrease in the size of the rare earth ion.
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| Keywords: | RCrSb3; Flux Growth; Ferromagnetism |
| ID Code: | 68530 |
| Deposited On: | 22 Nov 2011 09:50 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Nov 2011 09:50 |
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