Magnetic properties of ternary scandium rare earth silicides and germanides

The magnetocaloric properties of GdScSi and GdScGe

“…The Curie temperature T C , determined from the inflection point of the curves M versus T are 352(1) and 348(1) K for GdScSi and GdScGe, respectively. These T Cvalues are higher than those reported by Nikitin et al [7] (respectively 318 and 320 K) but that of GdScGe agrees with the one (350 K) determined by Manfrinetti et al [4].…”

“…Nikitin et al [7] report a Curie temperature T C of 318 and 320 K for GdScSi and GdScGe, respectively. For the germanide, Manfrinetti et al indicate a higher T C -temperature of 350 K [4].…”

Magnetic structure of CeScSi-type TbxEr1−xTi0.85Mo0.15Ge compounds (x=0, …, 1)

“…No magnetic moment was detected at the transition metal site in these compounds. The compounds TbTi 0.85 Mo 0.15 Ge, TbScGe and TbZrSb of CeScSi-type structure order ferromagnetically [3,10,11]. The magnetic structure of TbTi 0.85 Mo 0.15 Ge consists of ferromagnetic (0 0 1) Tb layers ferromagnetically coupled along the c-axis with the sequence ++++, with no local moment in transition metal site.…”

Neutron powder diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy (119Snand155Gd) studies of the CeScSi-type GdMgSn and GdMgPb compounds

“…139) [1][2][3] and order antiferromagnetically with T N ranging from 2.5 K for TmMgPb to 79 K for SmMgSn [3,4]. A few other compounds in the RTX series (where T is a transition metal and X is a p-block element) such as PrScSi [5], PrScGe [5,6], and ErZrSb [7] are antiferromagnetic at low temperatures, while most CeScSi-type compounds are ferromagnetic at low temperatures: RScSi (R = Ce,Nd,Sm,Gd) [5,[8][9][10], RScGe (R = Ce − Nd,Sm,Gd,Tb) [5,6,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14], RZrSb (R = Gd − Tm) [7,15], and RTiGe (R = Gd,Tb) [16][17][18][19][20].…”