Phys. Rev. B 56, 7808 - 7811 (1997)

Magnetic instability in CeFe2: Effects of Re and Ir substitutions

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A. K. Rajarajan, S. B. Roy, and P. Chaddah
Low Temperature Physics Group, Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India

Received 19 February 1997; revised 28 April 1997

We present here the resistivity and magnetization study of Ir and Re substituted C-15 Laves-phase compound CeFe2. Re and Ir substitution triggers the incipient ferromagnetic instability in CeFe2 resulting in a transition from ferromagnetic to antiferromagnetic state. Both resistivity and magnetization show clear indications of both paramagnetic-to-ferromagnetic and ferromagnetic-to-antiferromagnetic transitions. The antiferromagnetic phase is restored to ferromagnetic phase on application of sufficiently strong magnetic field.


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URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v56/p7808
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.56.7808
PACS: 75.50.Ee, 75.50.Bb, 75.30.Cr

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