Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10653289 | Solid State Communications | 2005 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The zero-field heat capacity shows an antiferromagnetic ordering of Gd3+ in gadolinium orthophosphate at 0.8Â K. The application of the external magnetic field leads to the splitting of the Gd3+ ground-state multiplet. The antiferromagnetic ordering becomes gradually suppressed with increasing field, and the loss of the long-range magnetic ordering with a threshold field between 0.2 and 0.5Â T is indicated by heat-capacity data. Estimated entropy of the anomaly due to magnetic ordering or the Schottky-type anomaly (above 0.5Â T) is close to Rln8 as expected for Gd3+ ground-state multiplet. Magnetization measurements above 2Â K corroborate this magnetic behaviour.
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Authors
C. Thiriet, P. Javorský, R.J.M. Konings,