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AUTHOR
B. E. F. Fender
Crystal Fields in Pr-Hydrides
Inelastic neutron scattering was used to determine the crystal field splittings of PrD2 and PrD2.5. For the PrD2 crystal field at the Pr-site is cubic and can be explained by a negative charge of the hydrogen. The splitting observed for PrD2.5 can be described assuming a well defined short range order caused by a mer-configuration of the half filled octahedral hydrogen sites leading to an orthorhombic crystal field. The structure and the paramagnetic susceptibility of the Pr-hydrides are discussed on this basis.
Neutron scattering and crystal fields in Pr-hydrides
The crystal field splittings of PrD2 and PrD2.5 have been determined by inelastic neutron scattering. While for PrD2 the crystal field experienced by the majority of Pr-ions is cubic, it is shown that in PrD2.5 the occupation of the octahedral interstitials occurs not in a statistical but rather in a well defined way which leads to an orthorhombic crystal field at the Pr-site.