The magnetic structure of the compound Ho5Sb3 |
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Authors: | A.V. Morozkin O. Isnard P. Henry S.K. Dhar P. Manfrinetti |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, House 1, Building 3, GSP-2, 119992 Moscow, Russia;2. Institut Laue-Langevin, 6 Rue J. Horowitz, 38042 Grenoble, France;3. Laboratoire de Cristallographie du CNRS, Université J. Fourier, BP166X, 38042 Grenoble, France;4. CMP & MS Deptt., T.I.F.R., Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400 005, India;5. LAMIA-CNR-INFM, Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy |
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Abstract: | We have investigated the magnetic behavior of Ho5Sb3 compound (Mn5Si3-type, hexagonal; a=0.8865(1) nm, c=0.6232(1) nm, as derived from X-ray Guinier powder pattern) by using the techniques of magnetization, electrical resistivity, heat capacity and neutron diffraction. We find that Ho5Sb3 exhibits a ferrimagnetic type (Ferrimagnet I) ordering below 60 K with propagation vectors K0=[0, 0, 1] and K1=[±Kx, 0, 0]. Below 40 K, the thermal variation of magnetic reflections and the appearance of an additional magnetic component with propagation vector K2=[0, 1/2, 0] show the onset of an antiferromagnetic type of ordering in the magnetic structure; which evolves into yet another ferrimagnetic structure (Ferrimagnet II) as the temperature is lowered down to 2 K. The magnetic moments of the Ho atoms at the (4d) and (6g) sites with magnitudes of nearly 7.4 and 6.3 μB at 2 K, respectively, are inclined approximately at 70° to the c-axis. |
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Keywords: | Rare earth intermetallics Holmium antimonide Heat capacity Magnetization Neutron diffraction Magnetic structure |
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