Thermodynamic, electric and magnetic properties of Pr7Co6Al7 intermetallic compound

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The low temperature heat capacity and magnetization were measured for the Pr,Co,Al, intermetallic compound. A ferromagnetic transition was observed at 4.5 K with a saturation value of the magnetic moment of the Pr atom in the ordered state of 1.1 mu(B) at 2.5 K. In the paramagnetic region the compound follows the Curie-Weiss law with mu(eff) = 3.59 mu(B) and theta(P) = +5 K. Above the magnetic transition an estimate of the electronic coefficient of the specific heat was obtained.

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