TY - JOUR
T1 - Calorimetric study of RMn2Ge2 compounds (R = La, Gd, Tb and Dy)
AU - Wada, Hirofumi
AU - Yamaguchi, H.
AU - Shiga, M.
PY - 1996/1/1
Y1 - 1996/1/1
N2 - The specific heat has been measured for the ternary compounds, RMn2Ge2 (R = Gd, Tb and Dy), which show a ferrimagnetic to antiferromagnetic transition at low temperature. The results were analyzed in terms of the molecular field model including the crystal field effects. It was found that overall features in the magnetic entropy versus temperature curves are well explained by the molecular field model for the present compounds. The origin of various magnetic phase transitions is discussed from the thermodynamical point of view.
AB - The specific heat has been measured for the ternary compounds, RMn2Ge2 (R = Gd, Tb and Dy), which show a ferrimagnetic to antiferromagnetic transition at low temperature. The results were analyzed in terms of the molecular field model including the crystal field effects. It was found that overall features in the magnetic entropy versus temperature curves are well explained by the molecular field model for the present compounds. The origin of various magnetic phase transitions is discussed from the thermodynamical point of view.
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U2 - 10.1016/0304-8853(95)00434-3
DO - 10.1016/0304-8853(95)00434-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029757198
SN - 0304-8853
VL - 152
SP - 165
EP - 173
JO - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
JF - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
IS - 1-2
ER -