Transport properties of RECo2compounds (RE=Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Y)
- 1 February 1981
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics F: Metal Physics
- Vol. 11 (2), 429-435
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4608/11/2/015
Abstract
The temperature dependence of the thermopower S and electrical resistivity rho of ReCo2 compounds (RE=Tb, Dy, Ho, and Y) have been measured. Both the S versus T and the rho versus T curves are characterised by discontinuities at Tc for ErCo2, HoCo2 and DyCo2. The magnitude of these steps increases with decreasing ordering temperatures. This behaviour is caused by the magnetic first-order transition observed in these compounds. The results for TbCo2 point to a second-order magnetic transition. The discussion is based on the assumption that YCo2 represents the non-magnetic starting compound, in which mainly the Co 3d matrix defines physical properties like susceptibility, resistivity, thermopower etc. Furthermore, it is assumed that the density-of-states function in the paramagnetic state of the RECo2 compounds in question is equal to that in YCo2, where the Fermi energy is situated in a region of steep decrease of the density-of-states curve.Keywords
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