The Electronic and Magnetic Properties of YbxGd1-xNi5 Systems
A. Szajek, M. Werwiński
Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179 Poznań, Poland

G. Chełkowska, A. Bajorek and A. Chrobak
A. Chełkowski Institute of Physics, Silesian University, Uniwersytecka 4, 40-007 Katowice, Poland

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The intermetallic compounds YbxGd1 - xNi5 crystallize in the hexagonal CaCu5-type structure. Based on wide ranging SQUID-type magnetometer, it was shown that the saturation magnetization decreases with growing concentration of ytterbium. The opposite tendency was observed for the Sommerfeld coefficient obtained in the heat capacity measurements. These results are confirmed using ab initio band structure calculations.
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.118.905
PACS numbers: 71.20.-b, 75.25.-j