Magnetic properties of NpM4Al8−x (M=Cr,Fe, Cu) intermetallics: Mössbauer effect and neutron diffraction studies |
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Authors: | J Gal H Pinto S Fredo H Shaked W Schäfer G Will F J Litterst W Potzel L Asch G M Kalvius |
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Institution: | 1. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Nuclear Research Centre of the Negev, 84120, Beer Sheva, Israel 2. Mineralogisches Institut der Universit?t Bonn and KFA-Jülich, D-5170, Jülich, Germany 3. Physik-Department E15, Technische Universit?t München, D-8046, Garching, Germany
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Abstract: | Mössbauer effect and neutron diffraction studies on the tetragonal NpM4Al8?x (M=Cr, Fe, Cu) of the 14/mmm space group are reported. In NpFe4Al8?x, both the Np and Fe sites order magnetically at close temperatures: the Np order ferromagnetically at 115(15) K (μ(Np)) ~ 0.6 μB and the Fe moments order antiferromagnetically at 130(10) K (μ(Fe) = 1.05(15) μB) with a ++?? sequence. In NpCr4Al8?x, the Np order magnetically around 50K. From the susceptibility data we conclude possible antiferromagnetic order of both Np and Cr sites. NpCu4Al8?x does not order magnetically down to at least 2 K. The magnetic hyperfine splitting observed below 45 K is explained by slow paramagnetic relaxation. The Np isomer shifts and also its magnetic behavior point to a trivalent ion (5I4 Hund's rule ground state). The observed relaxation and magnetic phenomena are discussed in terms of crystalline electric field effects. In contrast to the isostructural rare-earth RM4Al8 compounds with practically independent order of R and M magnetic sublattices, we show that Np and M sublattices in NpM4Al8 are strongly coupled. This is caused by hybridization of both Np and M atoms with Al. |
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