Low temperature magnetic properties of DyPdBi

Abstract

We report the results of dc magnetization measurements in the ternary half -Heuslar alloy, DyPdBi which crystallizes in a non centrosymmetric MgAgAs type fcc structure. DyPdBi undergoes a long range antiferromagnetic type ordering below 4.0 K as inferred from the temperature dependence of dc magnetic susceptibility. Another noteworthy observation is the field induced metamagnetic transition below TN, further suggestes that the order-order field induced transition as a first order phase transition. � 2016 Author(s).