Publication at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
2009
Abstract
The NdNi/1-x/Cu/x/Al compounds were studied by means of heat-capacity, magnetization and AC-susceptibility measurements. The previously observed loss of long-range magnetic order in other RNi/1-x/Cu/x/Al series with R=Tb, Dy, Er around x=0.6-0.8 that is accompanied by enhanced tendency to spin-glass character of behavior, is spread to wider concentration region of x=0.4-0.8 in the case of the newly studied Nd-based series, a candidate with rare-earth element coming from the light rare-earth group.