Anisotropic Magnetic Properties of URhIn5 Compound |
| A. Barthaa, M. Kratochvílová a, V. Sechovský a, J. Custers a and M. Dušek b
aDepartment of Condensed Matter Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 121 16 Praha 2, Czech Republic bDepartment of Structure Analysis, Institute of Physics ASCR, Cukrovarnická 10, 162 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic |
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| We report on synthesis and anisotropic physical properties of URhIn5. High quality single crystals were grown from In self-flux. The compound undergoes a second-order phase transition into an antiferromagnetic state at TN = 98 K. The transition is magnetic field independent up to 9 T. An increase of the resistivity ρ with j along the [100], [110] and [001] tetragonal axis indicates a spin-density-wave induced order with the gap opening first along the [001] direction. The magnetic susceptibility χ = M/H exhibits a strong anisotropy. Above T= 200 K, χ(T) follows the Curie-Weiss law with the effective moment of μeff = 3.71 μB/U and the Weiss temperatures of θP[100] = -900 K and θP[001] = -500 K for H ∥ [100] and H ∥ [001], respectively. The characteristic Kondo-like temperature for URhIn5 yields TK= 125 K. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.127.339 PACS numbers: 75.30.Gw, 75.50.Ee, 81.10.Dn |