An antiferroquadrupolar ordering at T(Q)=0.11  K has been found in a Pr-based superconductor PrIr(2)Zn(20). The measurements of specific heat and magnetization revealed the non-Kramers Γ(3) doublet ground state with the quadrupolar degrees of freedom. The specific heat exhibits a sharp peak at T(Q)=0.11  K. The increment of T(Q) in magnetic fields and the anisotropic B-T phase diagram are consistent with the antiferroquadrupolar ordered state below T(Q). The entropy release at T(Q) is only 20% of Rln2, suggesting that the quadrupolar fluctuations play a role in the formation of the superconducting pairs below T(c)=0.05  K.

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Electrical resistivity ρ, magnetic susceptibility χ, magnetization M and specific heat measurements are reported on a singlecrystalline sample of CePd5Al2, showing successive antiferromagnetic orderings at TN1=4.1 K and TN2=2.9 K. The temperature dependence of ρ shows a Kondo metal behavior with large anisotropy, ρc/ρa =3.2 at 20 K, and opening of a superzone gap along the tetragonal c-direction below TN1. Both TN1 and TN2 gradually increase with applying pressure up to 2.5 GPa. The data of χ(T ) and M (B) in the paramagnetic state were analyzed using a crystalline electric field (CEF) model. It led to a Kramers doublet ground state with wave functions consisting primarily of˛± 5 2¸, whose energy level is isolated from the excited states by 230 and 300 K. This CEF effect gives rise to the large anisotropy in the paramagnetic state. In the ordered state, the uniaxial magnetic anisotropy is manifested as Mc/Ma=20 in B=5 T and at 1.9 K, and χc/χa=25 in B=0.1 T and at 4 K. This huge uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in the antiferromagnetic states can be interpreted in terms of isotropic magnetic interaction among the Ce 3+ moments governed by the strong CEF. In powder neutron diffraction experiments, magnetic reflections were observed owing to the antiferromagnetic ordered states below TN1, however, no additional reflection was found below TN2.