Abstract
The values of the R-Co exchange field and the crystalline-electric-field parameters at the rare-earth (R) site in R (R=Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, and Er) and (x=0.5, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0) compounds are evaluated by a comparison of calculations with a series of experiments. The experiments provide the following data: temperature dependence of spontaneous magnetization of the compounds and magnetic moment of the rare-earth ion, magnetization curves along the crystallographic axes, and temperature dependence of the easy direction of magnetization. The anisotropies of the R-Co exchange interaction and the magnetic moment of the Co sublattice are taken into account in the calculation. The R-Co exchange field decreases monotonically across the rare-earth series from Pr to Er. For , the value of is much smaller than those of the other compounds, which suggests valence fluctuations for the Pr ion. For and , the absolute value of decreases with increasing temperature.
- Received 14 May 1990
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.43.8593
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