Estudo do efeito kondo na serie de compostos La1-x Ybx Cu3 AL2

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

1998

RESUMO

The electrical resistivity (r) and the specific heat ( c) were measured for the series of compounds Lal-xYbxCu3Al2 (0x1). The system was characterized using X-ray diffraction and metallography and shows the hexagonal structure for all samples with the CaCu5 type. The unit cell volume Íncreases as the La concentration increases. The resistivity results present a superconducting transition at 1.7 K for the LaCu3Al2 compound as well as an accentuated minimum at Tmin for the highly Yb concentrated samples. For TTmax , rmag(T) depends on -lnT, a characteristic of the Kondo effect. From the rmag vs lnT dependence, the coefficient Cfanf2J3 was estimated and the degeneracy of the ground state of Yb3+ is discussed. The Sommerfeld coefficient is determined for the reference sample (x=O) , g = 4 mJ/molK2 , which is characteristic of normal metallic compounds. This value increases up to a maximum g = 110 mJ/molK2 for x=O.8 (that is comparable to values obtained Ín some moderate heavy fermions systems) and decreases down to g = 53 mJ/molKsup>2 for x=l. This reduction of g for YbCU3Al2 is a consequence of the antiferromagnetic ordering at T~I.9 K. The crystal field parameter is essentially constant D ~ 100K (:t20K) while, qD ~290:t20K along a serie. The strong increase of c/T as a function of T2 below 10 K clearly shows the Kondo effect contribution, from where Tk is determined

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kondo calor especifico efeito

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