Magnetic and electrical properties of UIr

Abstract

We succeeded in growing a high-quality single crystal of UIr with the monoclinic PbBi-type structure by the Czochralski pulling method in a tetra-arc furnace. The magnetization measurement indicates that UIr is an Ising-like ferromagnet with the Curie temperature TC = 46 K. The magnetic moment is found.to be oriented along the [101] direction in the (010) plane. The saturated moment is 0.5 μB/U. The magnetic property, reflected in the magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity, Hall coefficient and thermoelectric power, is highly anisotropic. We also observed the de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) oscillation. All the detected branches have large cyclotron effective masses ranging from 9.6 to 32 m 0. They are consistent with the electronic specific heat coefficient γ=49 mJ/K2·mol. © 2002 Atomic Energy Society of Japan. All rights reserved.