Abstract
We report on the intermediate valence of Ce in C as studied by x-ray diffraction (lattice parameters), x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), and magnetic measurements for samples with x=0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, and 1. The average valence 〈v〉 of Ce, as determined from XAS, is much below the saturation value 3.3 in C; it increases from 3.15(2) at 300 K to 3.21(2) at 10 K. Ce is in mixed valence state [〈v〉=3.18(2)] in the dilute limit (x=0.05) in which case the temperature dependence of 〈v〉 is rather weak. Cooperative effects (their presence in the stoichiometric material C and absence in the dilute alloy C) may also be responsible for this difference in the values of 〈v〉. We also report on the depression of the superconducting temperature induced by Ce, as studied by ac-susceptibility, in the series.
- Received 2 May 1995
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.52.7428
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