Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1594586 | Solid State Communications | 2008 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A new ternary uranium intermetallic compound, U2Fe3Ge, was synthesized and investigated. This compound crystallizes in the MgZn2-type structure (a=5.1870(3)Å and c=7.8501(5)Å, space group P63/mmcP63/mmc), with uranium–uranium distances well below the Hill limit. Magnetization measurements indicate a ferromagnetic-type transition at 55(1) K. Mössbauer studies show that the magnetic ordering is due only to the uranium sub-lattice, pointing to U2Fe3Ge as a new exception to Hill’s rule.
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Authors
M.S. Henriques, O. Tougait, H. Noel, L.C.J. Pereira, J.C. Waerenborgh, A.P. Gonçalves,