Multistep magnetization of single crystal TbNiSn and DyNiSn in high fields

✍ Scribed by M. Kurisu; H. Hori; M. Furusawa; M. Miyake; Y. Andoh; I. Oguro; K. Kindo; T. Takeuchi; A. Yamagishi

• Book ID: 103937949
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 271 KB
• Volume: 201
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0921-4526
• DOI: 10.1016/0921-4526(94)91060-x

✦ Synopsis

Magnetic and transport properties are reported on TbNiSn and DyNiSn single crystals with the orthorhombic TiNiSi-type structure. Thermal variation of the electrical resistivity and magnetic susceptibility indicates the existence of three successive magnetic transitions at T1 = 6.0K, 7"2 = 7.6 K and TN = 18.5 K in TbNiSn and two magnetic transitions at T1 = 5.4K and TN = 7.3K in DyNiSn. Magnetization up to 15T along the b-axis at 1.6K exhibits a four-step metamagnetic transition for TbNiSn and a three-step one for DyNiSn. High-field magnetization curves for TbNiSn in fields up to 30 T at 1.4 K show unexpected small jumps, which may suggest a switching of the magnetic axis.