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Matsuda, Tatsuma; Haga, Yoshinori; Ikeda, Shugo; Galatanu, A.; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Shishido, Hiroaki*; Yamada, Mineko*; Yamaura, Junichi*; Hedo, Masato*; Uwatoko, Yoshiya*; et al.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 74(5), p.1552 - 1556, 2005/05
Times Cited Count:24 Percentile:72.16(Physics, Multidisciplinary)We have succeeded in growing a high-quality single crystal of UCuSi with the tetragonal structure by the Sn-flux method and measured the electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, magnetization and specific heat. UCuSi is found to order antiferromagnetically below = 106 K, and follows a successive ferromagnetic ordering at = 100 K. The magnetic properties are highly anisotropic, reflecting the crystal structure. An easy-axis of magnetization is found to be the [001] direction (-axis) both in the antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic phases, while the [100] direction (-axis) corresponds to the hard-axis in magnetization. The magnetization curve in the antiferromagnetic phase indicates a clear metamagnetic transition at a low field of about 1 kOe and changes smoothly into a ferromagnetic magnetization curve below = 100 K. The saturation moment is determined as 1.75/U at 2 K. The electronic specific heat coefficient is also determined as 20 mJ/Kmol.
Haga, Yoshinori; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Ikeda, Shugo; Galatanu, A.; Matsumoto, Takuya*; Sugimoto, Toyonari*; Tada, Toshiji*; Noguchi, Satoru*; Onuki, Yoshichika
Physica B; Condensed Matter, 359-361, p.1006 - 1008, 2005/04
Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:11.66(Physics, Condensed Matter)A new ternary uranium-based intermetallic compound UNiAl has been symthesized. It crystallizes in the unique flat orthorhombic structure. Uranium atoms occupy two crystallographic 4 and 8 sites where local chemical environments are quite similar. The temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility demonstrates peculiar magnetic anisotropy; along - and -axes obeys the Curie-Weiss law above 23 K, while along -axis is small and temperature independent. At 23 K, only shows a sharp cusp corresponding to the antiferromagnetic ordering, while remains paramagnetic behavior down to 2 K. These results and crystallographical considerations lead to a conclusion that only uranium atoms at the 8 site order antiferromagnetically at = 23 K, while uranium atoms at the site do not order down to 50 mK.