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Measurement of magnetic susceptibility of the powder samples of heavy rare-earth (Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm and Yb) sesquioxides have been reported in the temperature range 300 to 900 K. Curie-Weiss law behaviour has been observed for all samples. The Curie constant, the paramagnetic Curie temperature and the magneton number for magnetic ions in each material have also been evaluated.
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Lal, H.B., Pratap, V. & Kumar, A. Magnetic susceptibility of heavy rare-earth sesquioxides. Pramana - J Phys 10, 409–412 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02894695
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