Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1624481 Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2008 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

The electrical properties of the RNi3Sn2 compounds where R = Y, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, with HoGa2.4Ni2.6 structure type (space group P6/mmm), were investigated by means of electrical resistivity and Seebeck coefficient measurements in the temperature range 4.2–300 K. All investigated compounds exhibit metallic-like type of conductivity. Structure electronic calculations based on the full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FLAPW) method is also carried out to obtain the density of states (DOS) for YNi3Sn2 and GdNi3Sn2 compounds from which we explain the electrical properties.

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