0000000000297379
AUTHOR
H. Happel
Crystal Electric Fields in Rare-Earth Al2 Compounds
Neutron time-of-flight measurements have been performed on REAl2 compounds (RE = Pr, Ho, Er, Tm) in the paramagnetic region. Resolved crystal field transitions are observed in ErAl2 and TmAl2. We deduce crystal field parameters (x = 0.16, W = -0.030 meV) and (x = -0.28, W = +0.040 meV) for ErAl2 and TmAl2 respectively.
The difference of crystal fields in ErAl2 and La0.9Er0.1Al2
Abstract Inelastic neutron scattering experiments have been carried out on polycrystalline ErAl2 and on the related pseudobinary compound La0.9Er0.1Al2 in the paramagnetic phase. For ErAl2 the parameters of the cubic crystal field could uniquely be determined as x=+0.16 and W=−0.030 meV. The results on the dilute sample are different from this and are thought to be due effective charges of Er and La being not equivalent.