Abstract
Two new ternary intermetallic compounds PrNiGe 3 and PrRhGe 3 were synthesized and investigated. PrNiGe 3 exhibits two magnetic transitions below 21 K and a field induced metamagnetic transition at 1.6 T (5 K). On the other hand PrRhGe 3 remains paramagnetic down to 2 K. We attribute the absence of magnetic order in PrRhGe 3 to be due to a large crystal field splitting between the nonmagnetic singlet ground state and first excited state confirmed by the temperature dependent magnetic susceptibility, resistivity and specific heat data.
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