Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties of New Cubic Quaternary Compounds RT2Sn2Zn18 (R = La, Ce, Pr, and Nd, and T = Co and Fe)

The new cubic quaternary intermetallic compounds RT2Sn2Zn18 (R = La, Ce, Pr, and Nd, and T = Co and Fe) were synthesized by the mixture-metal flux method using Zn and Sn. The crystal structure was investigated by powder X-ray diffraction and with a four-circle X-ray diffractometer using single crystals. The space group of the compounds is \(Fd\bar{3}m\) (No. 227). The rare-earth atom is at the cubic site which is the center of a cage composed of Zn and Sn atoms. The crystal structure is the same as the CeCr2Al20-type crystal structure except the atoms at the 16c site, i.e., the Zn atoms at the 16c site are completely replaced by Sn atoms, indicating that the compounds are crystallographically new ordered quaternary compounds. The lattice parameter a and the physical properties of the magnetic susceptibility χ, the magnetization M, and the specific heat C of these cubic caged compounds were investigated. LaCo2Sn2Zn18 and LaFe2Sn2Zn18 are enhanced Pauli paramagnets that originate from the Co and Fe itineran...

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