Acta Physica Polonica B

Vol. 34, No. 22, February 2003, page 1213


Magnetic and Transport Properties of the Pseudobinary System UGa3-xGe x

K. Gofryk, D. Kaczorowski

Magnetic, electrical and thermodynamic properties of the pseudobinary alloy system UGa3-xGex, 0 \leq x \leq 3, have been studied by means of magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity, thermoelectric power and specific heat measurements. The results indicate a gradual transformation  from itinerant antiferromagnetism in Ga-rich alloys to Pauli paramagnetism in Ge-rich materials. Total suppression of the magnetic order occurs near the composition x \approx 0.6. For UGa2.4Ge0.6 curious behavior of the low-temperature bulk properties has been found that develops presumably because of the closeness of this alloy to a magnetic quantum critical point.

PACS numbers: 75.50.Ee, 75.30.Mb, 72.15.Qm, 74.20.Mn


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