Magnetic and Transport Properties of New Kondo Compounds CeTIn (T=Ni, Pd and Pt)

Abstract
Measurements of magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity and thermoelectric power have been made on the CeTIn system (T=Ni, Pd and Pt) with the hexagonal Fe2P-type structure. The results suggest that CeNiIn is an intermediate valence compound with Kondo-like anomalies in resistivity ρm(T), and CePdIn is a heavy fermion compound with doubie-peak structures in both ρm(T) and S(T) and exhibits an antiferromagnetic order at TN=1.8 K, whereas CePtIn is a heavy fermion peak in ρm(T) and shows no magnetic and superconducting transitions.