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Specific heat, low- and high-field magnetic susceptibility, thermal expansion, and magnetostriction measurements have been made on single crystals of CeBi and CeSb in order to investigate the low-temperature magnetic phase transitions of these compounds. We have observed structural transitions at the respective Néel temperatures. The maximum tetragonal distortions below T N are of the order of 10−3 in both cases. Specific heat results confirm the unusually small overall splitting of the ground-state multiplet. Applications of external magnetic fields induce a variety of interesting effects and provide insight into the magnetic phase diagram of these substances. The results are discussed qualitatively.
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Hulliger, F., Landolt, M., Ott, H.R. et al. Low-temperature magnetic phase transitions of CeBi and CeSb. J Low Temp Phys 20, 269–284 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00117797
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