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Novikov VV, Kuznetsov SV, Mitroshenkov NV, Matovnikov AV, Ponkratov KV, Konoplin NA, Tolstosheev AK, Bud'ko SL. Magnetic phase transition and lattice dynamic features in ErB 2C borocarbide. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2021; 33:215701. [PMID: 33592592 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/abe6de] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
A sample of erbium borocarbide ErB2C was synthesized from a stoichiometric mixture of erbium, boron, and pyrographite hydride. Temperature dependent magnetic susceptibility, heat capacity and lattice parameters of borocarbide at 2-300 K were experimentally investigated, the Raman spectrum was determined and analyzed. Sharp anomalies in the heat capacity and magnetic properties of ErB2C nearT= 16.3 K, caused by the transition to the antiferromagnetic state, as well as diffuse anomalies at a higher temperature, caused by the effect of the crystal field (Schottky anomalies) were revealed. It was found that the magnetic phase transition does not cause measurable anomalies in the lattice parameters of borocarbide due to the weak coupling between the Er3+ion subsystem and the B-C layers. Almost zero thermal expansion of erbium borocarbide in the basal plane (alongaandbaxes) (anisotropic invar effect) as well as an unusual character of thec-axis thermal expansion were observed. The first of these features is due to the high bonding energy in the B-C layers and the weak bond between the layers in the borocarbide crystal lattice. It was found that the anomalous expansion along thecaxis is a consequence of the action of the crystal field. The splitting scheme for the ground level of Er3+ions by crystal field was determined from the analysis of the Schottky anomaly of the heat capacity.
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Affiliation(s)
- V V Novikov
- Bryansk Physical Laboratory, Petrovsky Bryansk State University, 14 Bezhitskaya St., 241036 Bryansk, Russia
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- Bryansk Physical Laboratory, Petrovsky Bryansk State University, 14 Bezhitskaya St., 241036 Bryansk, Russia
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- Bryansk Physical Laboratory, Petrovsky Bryansk State University, 14 Bezhitskaya St., 241036 Bryansk, Russia
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- Bryansk Physical Laboratory, Petrovsky Bryansk State University, 14 Bezhitskaya St., 241036 Bryansk, Russia
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- Renishaw Ltd, 58 Kantemirovskaya st., 115477 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Russian Timiryazev State Agrarian University, 49 Timiryazevskaya St., 127550 Moscow, Russia
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- Bryansk State Technical University, 7, Bulvar 50-letiya Oktyabrya, Bryansk 241035, Russia
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- Ames Laboratory, US DOE and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, United States of America
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