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Sebastian C Peter1, Sumanta Sarkar, Mercouri G Kanatzidis
1New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, 560064, India.
Abstract:
The intermetallic compound Yb(2)AuGe(3) was synthesized from indium flux. Yb(2)AuGe(3) crystallizes in the orthorhombic Ca(2)AgSi(3)-type structure which is an ordered superstructure of the AlB(2) structure type. The structure was refined in the Fmmm space group with lattice parameters a = 8.5124(17) Å, b = 14.730(3) Å, c = 8.4995(17) Å. Temperature-dependent powder X-ray diffraction studies show that Yb(2)AuGe(3) undergoes a phase transition from orthorhombic to hexagonal upon heating above 773 K. The compound shows weak paramagnetism that derives from a combination of Curie and Pauli paramagnetism with a magnetic moment value of 0.33(2) μ(B)/Yb atom. Magnetic ordering was not observed down to 2 K. Yb(2)AuGe(3) is metallic, and at low temperature the resistivity varies as T(2), indicating possible Fermi liquid behavior. Heat capacity measurements suggest that Yb(2)AuGe(3) is possibly a moderate heavy fermion system.
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