Anomalous behavior in the low temperature properties of UPd3

  • K. Andres*
  • , D. Davidov
  • , P. Dernier
  • , F. Hsu
  • , W. A. Reed
  • , G. J. Nieuwenhuys
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The low temperature specific heat of the hexagonal intermetallic compound UPd3 reveals a contribution from low lying crystal field levels. In annealed or single crystal samples, sharp phase transitions are observed at temperatures of 6 and 7 K respectively. Correlation with resistivity, susceptibility and X-ray measurements in this temperature range indicate that the collective phenomenon is probably due to the electric quadrupole interaction between the U4+ ions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)405-408
Number of pages4
JournalSolid State Communications
Volume28
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1978
Externally publishedYes

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