Low temperature studies on magnetic properties of

✍ Scribed by Łukasz Gondek; Dariusz Kaczorowski; Andrzej Szytuła

• Book ID: 104093686
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 654 KB
• Volume: 150
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0038-1098
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2009.11.032

✦ Synopsis

Magnetic properties of Tm 2 O 3 were studied by means of magnetometry as well as by heat capacity measurements. The specific heat data were collected down to 0.35 K, and yielded some new information about crystal field splitting of the 3 H 6 thulium multiplet. Some anomalous behaviour of the specific heat below 5 K was observed. It turned out, that this anomaly can be nicely described by Schottky contribution originating from crystal field levels distribution of the Tm 3+ multiplet. No magnetic ordering was evidenced down to the lowest temperatures studied.