Specific heat and high-field magnetization of a TbPdSn single crystal

The thermal variation of the specific heat and magnetization curves has been measured in the orthorhombic TbPdSn single crystal. The successive magnetic transitions have been identified at T1=2.5K, T2=12.2K and TN=23.8K. The magnetic entropy has been evaluated and discussed in the framework of crystal electric field (CEF) analysis performed in the previous work. The CEF energy scheme is presented. The high-field magnetization measurement up to 14T along the b  -axis exhibits a multistep metamagnetic transition. The metamagnetic step is described by n/20×7.7μB/f.u.n/20×7.7μB/f.u. (n: integer).