Abstract
Measurements of magnetization, susceptibility, thermal expansion and electrical resistivity have been carried out on the RMn 2 compounds with R=Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho and Er. Magnetization measurements were made on the single crystals for all the compounds. A simple ferrimagnetic structure is observed at 4.2 K for GdMn 2 , HoMn 2 and ErMn 2 , and an antiferromagnetic one in TbMn 2 . While, a canted ferrimagnetic structure appears at 4.2 K in DyMn 2 . The Mn moment deduced from saturation magnetization decreases rapidly from 1.6 µ B for GdMn 2 to 0.2 µ B for HoMn 2 with increasing the atomic number of rare earth in the C15 compounds. While, the Mn moment is almost zero in ErMn 2 with the C14 structure. Anomalous discontinuities in the thermal expansion and resistivity for GdMn 2 and TbMn 2 are observed at the magnetic transition temperature where Mn moments lose a long range ordering. It seems likely that the discontinuity is associated with the onset of the Mn moment.
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