Ferromagnetic order in U(Rh, Co)Ge

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Publication date 2009
Journal Solid State Communications
Volume | Issue number 149 | 17-18
Pages (from-to) 703-706
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute (WZI)
Abstract
We report the variation of ferromagnetic order in the pseudo-ternary compounds URh1-xCoxGe (0 <= x <= 1). Magnetization and transport data taken on polycrystalline samples show that the Curie temperature T-c gradually increases with increasing Co content from a value of 9.5 K for URhGe to a maximum value of 20 K for x = 0.6 and then steadily decreases to 3 K for UCoGe. The magnetic interaction strength varies smoothly across the series. For all samples the electrical resistivity for T < T-c follows the behaviour rho = rho(0) + AT(2). The A coefficient is dominated by scattering at spin waves and is strongly enhanced for x = 0 and 1.
Document type Article
Published at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2009.02.013
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