Magnetic properties of compounds RE2Cu2Mg (RE = Y, La, Pr, Nd)

摘要

The Mo2FeB2 type magnesium intermetallics RE2Cu2Mg (RE = Y, La, Pr, Nd) were synthesized from the elements by reactions in sealed tantalum tubes in a high-frequency furnace. Temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements of Y2Cu2Mg and La2Cu2Mg indicate Pauli paramagnetism. Pr2Cu2Mg and Nd2Cu2Mg show Curie-Weiss behaviour with experimental magnetic moments of 3.67(2) mu(B)/Pr and 3.47(2) mu(B)/Nd, respectively. Both compounds are ordered ferromagnetically at Curie temperatures of 12.0(5) (Pr2Cu2Mg) and 43.0(5) K (Nd2Cu2Mg)Pr2Cu2Mg shows a very complex magnetization behavior with an additional magnetic transition around 2.5 T. The neodymium compound shows a pronounced square loop behavior in the magnetization at 4.5 K with a high remanent magnetization of 1.55(1) mu(B)/Nd atom and a coercive field of 0.31(1) T. [References: 20]