Growth of PrCo2 single crystals with a Boron Nitride crucible
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Liu, Yong
Lin, Qisheng
Lin, Qisheng
Pathak, Arjun
Paudyal, Durga
Lograsso, Thomas
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Single crystals of PrCo2 have been grown from flux starting from Pr0.44Co0.56 that was synthesized by arc melting of stoichiometric mixtures of the elements. The Pr0.44Co0.56 ingot was loaded in a Boron Nitride (BN) crucible and sealed inside a quartz tube under vacuum. The quartz ampoule was heated to 1203 K, and then slowly cooled down to 923 K at a rate of 2 K/h. The obtained crystals have octahedral shapes and are of cubic C15 Laves phase structure confirmed by room temperature powder and single-crystal x-ray diffraction measurements. Magnetic susceptibility data show the Curie temperature TC = 46.7 K. The experimental value of saturation magnetization Ms = 3.2 μB/f.u is consistent with our theoretical calculations.
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This is a manuscript of an article published as Liu, Yong, Qisheng Lin, Arjun K. Pathak, Durga Paudyal, and Thomas A. Lograsso. "Growth of PrCo2 single crystals with a Boron Nitride crucible." Journal of Crystal Growth (2018). DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2018.10.057. Posted with permission.