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Antiferromagnetic ordering in the ternary uranium germanide UNi1–xGe2: Neutron diffraction and physical properties studies

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The compound UNi0.45Ge2 was studied by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), magnetization, neutron diffraction, specific heat and electrical resistivity measurements performed in wide ranges of temperature and magnetic field. The single-crystal XRD experiment indicated that the material crystallizes in the orthorhombic CeNiSi2-type structure with the lattice parameters a = 4.1062(2) Å, b = 15.9272(8) Å and c = 4.0461(2) Å. The physical properties measurements showed that it orders antiferromagnetically at TN = 47 K. The magnetic ordering was confirmed by the neutron diffraction experiment, which revealed that the ordered magnetic moments are aligned along the crystallographic b-axis in a sequence −++−. In strong magnetic fields, a distinct field-induced first-order metamagnetic phase transition occurs, characterized by a large magnetic hysteresis. Temperature and field variations of the electrical resistivity are strongly affected by the atom disorder in the crystallographic unit cell of the investigated compound.

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hal-03157958 , version 1 (31-03-2021)

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Mathieu Pasturel, M. Szlawska, J. Ćwik, D. Kaczorowski, A.P. Pikul. Antiferromagnetic ordering in the ternary uranium germanide UNi1–xGe2: Neutron diffraction and physical properties studies. Intermetallics, 2021, 131, pp.107112. ⟨10.1016/j.intermet.2021.107112⟩. ⟨hal-03157958⟩
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