Antiferromagnetism - Calorimetry - Crystal structure - Crystallization - Electric conductivity measurement - Entropy - Magnetic permeability measurement - Magnetization - Phase transitions - Specific heat - X ray diffraction - Ytterbium compounds;
D O I:
10.1016/0304-8853(94)01423-X
中图分类号:
T [工业技术];
学科分类号:
08 ;
摘要:
We have investigated the compound YbNiAl, which crystallizes in the same structure as the well-known mixed-valent system YbCuAl, and have found that it is the first example of a clear cut Yb-based heavy-fermion antiferromagnet. The resistivity increases logarithmically by 25% between 100 and 10 K, C/T extrapolates below 0.4 K to a gamma value of 350 mJ/K-2 mol and the entropy at the antiferromagnetic ordering temperature T-N = 3 K reaches only 0.45R In 2. We compare the properties of this compound with those of YbPtAl, where Yb is trivalent.