On the low-temperature properties of

✍ Scribed by Łukasz Gondek; Dariusz Kaczorowski; Andrzej Szytuła

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 909 KB
• Volume: 149
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0038-1098
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2009.09.017

✦ Synopsis

Magnetic, electrical transport and heat capacity measurements have been performed on polycrystalline sample of the compound TmRu 2 Si 2 , which crystallizes with the tetragonal ThCr 2 Si 2 -type crystal structure. The results show paramagnetic behaviour down to 0.3 K, at variance with the literature data. On the basis of the collected data, possible origins of non-magnetic behaviour are discussed. Mixed valence of Tm ions or hybridisation between Tm 4f and Ru 4d states are the most probable reasons for paramagnetic behaviour of the TmRu 2 Si 2 .