Synthesis, thermal and magnetic properties of RE-diborides

The change of magnetisation of the ferromagnetic RB2 compounds with growth of temperature caused by violation of ordering in the system of the atomic magnetic moments is compared with the change of entropy of a magnetic subsystem calculated from calorimetric data. Analytical expansion for calculation of a magnetic component of a heat capacity by RB2 magnetisation data at the temperatures of 2-300 K is obtained.