The specific heat of (Y1−xPrx)Ba2Cu3O7: Effects of Pr3+ singlet-ground state ordering and PrO hybridization

✍ Scribed by R.A. Fisher; N.E. Phillips; D.A. Wright; H.B. Radousky; T.J. Goodwin; J.L. Peng; R.N. Shelton; L. Zhang

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 138 KB
• Volume: 235-240
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0921-4534
• DOI: 10.1016/0921-4534(94)92096-6

✦ Synopsis

Specific-heat measurements suggest that the Pr valence in (Y~.~Pr,)B~Cu~O7 us +3, and that Pr hybridtzatmn with the CuO, planes results in an entropy excess over that expected from the Pr a÷ crystal-field states.