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The study aims to investigate the magnetic properties of the rare earth intermetallic compound Pr3Te4.

February 14, 2026Open Access

Magnetism of rare earth intermetallic compound Pr3Te4: A neutron diffraction study

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The study aims to investigate the magnetic properties of the rare earth intermetallic compound Pr3Te4.
Conducted magnetization experiments to assess magnetic properties at varying temperatures.
Utilized neutron diffraction techniques to analyze magnetic order at low temperatures.
Examined the compound under a magnetic field of 70 kOe.
Identified ferromagnetic ordering at approximately 5 K with a magnetization of 1.77 μB per Pr3+.
Found an incomplete collinear ferromagnetic order with a magnetic moment of 0.6 μB per Pr site at 1.5 K.

Abstract

Magnetic properties of rare earth intermetallic compound Pr3Te4 (cubic, Th3P4-type, space group I-43d, no. 220, cI28) have been studied using magnetization (M) and neutron diffraction (ND) experiments. The compound Pr3Te4 shows indication to order ferromagnetically at ∼5 K (TC). Magnetization value of 1.77 μB per Pr3+ is achieved at 5 K in 70 kOe magnetic field. Powder neutron diffraction study suggests a likely-incomplete, collinear ferromagnetic order of Pr3Te4 at 1.5 K with magnetic wave vector K0 = 0, 0, 0. Only a trace magnetic moment of 0.6 μB could be obtained per Pr site, based on ND data analysis at 1.5 K.

Magnetism of rare earth intermetallic compound Pr3Te4: A neutron diffraction study

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