Magnetic and electrical properties of UIr

Yamamoto, Etsuji  ; Haga, Yoshinori   ; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Nakamura, Akio; Settai, Rikio*; Inada, Yoshihiko*; Sugawara, Hitoshi*; Sato, Hideyuki*; Onuki, Yoshichika

We succeeded in growing a high-quality single crystal of UIr with the monoclinic PbBi-type structure by the Czochralski pulling method in a tetra-arc furnace. The magnetization measurement indicates that UIr is an Ising-like ferromagnet with the Curie temperature = 46 K. The magnetic moment is found to be oriented along the [1 0 /U. The magnetic property, reflected in the magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity, Hall coefficient and thermoelectric power, is highly anisotropic. We also observed the de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) oscillation. All the detected branches have large cyclotron effective masses ranging from 9.6 to 32 . They are consistent with the electronic specific heat coefficient =49 mJ/Kmol.