Abstract
We investigated and by several complementary experimental techniques. crystallize in an orthorhombic structure. dc and ac susceptibility measurements exhibit irreversibility phenomena below =11.7 K and reveal the magnetic structure of , which consists of an antiferromagnetic ordering together with a small canting of the spins which produces the ferromagnetic component. Both magnetic and specific-heat studies show that is not affected by the applied magnetic field up to 9 T. crystallizes in an orthorhombic structure where a=10.56 Å, b=12.43 Å, and c=3.617 Å belongs to Pnam space group. dc and ac susceptibility and specific-heat measurements show that is paramagnetic down to 2 K, with a vanishing electronic specific-heat coefficient γ. X-ray photoemission spectroscopy shows that Pr is mainly trivalent in and close to being tetravalent in . The pronounced ferromagnetic-like behavior found below 11.7 K in the system is due to the impurity of .
- Received 19 May 1992
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.46.9132
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