Thermoelectric Power of the URu1-xPdxGe System |
| D. Gralaka, T. Toliński b and V.H. Tran a
aInstitute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Okólna 2, 50-422 Wrocław, Poland bInstitute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179 Poznań, Poland |
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| We report the measurements of thermoelectric power, S(T), of the URu1-xPdxGe solid solutions in the temperature range 1.9-300 K. It is found that S(T) of URuGe is consistent with the behaviour of Kondo lattice, characterized by a low-temperature negative minimum and a high-temperature positive maximum. On the contrary, S(T) of the compositions 0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.7 is negative over the whole temperature range measured and shows only one negative minimum around 200 K. The compositions x = 0.9 and 1, in addition to a high-temperature negative minimum, exhibit anomalies at low temperatures, presumably associated with the magnon drag. We interpret the experimental data assuming the presence of the Kondo and crystal-electric field effects. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.127.287 PACS numbers: 71.27.+a, 75.50.Ee, 72.15.Jf |