Crystal Growth, Structure, Magnetic, and Transport Properties of TbRhIn₅.

Abstract

Rhodium I 7900Crystal Growth, Structure, Magnetic, and Transport Properties of TbRhIn 5 . -Single crystals of the title compound are obtained from the elements at 1373 K (Tb:Rh:In = 1:1:20, 2 h). The compound crystallizes in the tetragonal space group P4/mmm with Z = 1 (HoCoGa5-type structure). TbRhIn5 exhibits metallic conductivity. A sharp antiferromagnetic transition is observed at TN = 48 K in the susceptibility data of TbRhIn 5 , which is highly anisotropic when the field is oriented along the c axis and a-b plane of the crystal and has an average effective moment of 9.72 µB/Tb 3+ . -(WILLIAMS, W. M.; PHAM, L.; MAQUILON, S.; MOLDOVAN, M.; FISK, Z.; YOUNG, D. P.; CHAN*, J. Y.; Inorg. Chem. 45 (2006) 12, 4637-4641; Dep. Chem., La. State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA; Eng.) -Schramke 34-016