Abstract

The magnetic susceptibility of metallic samarium and the Al2Sm intermetallic compound has been experimentally studied by the Faraday method in the temperature range of 300–1800 K. It has been shown that the temperature dependences of the magnetic susceptibility of Sm and Al2Sm in a crystalline state can be described in the framework of Van Vleck paramagnetism theory taking into account variable valence and the contribution from the conduction electrons. Using this theoretical interpretation of the data, the effective valence of samarium in the metallic state and in the Al2Sm intermetallic compound has been estimated as a function of the temperature.

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