@conference{10902/26488, year = {2011}, url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10902/26488}, abstract = {The structural, thermal and magnetic properties of the Tb2Al alloy have been investigated by AC/DC magnetic susceptibility, specific heat, X-ray and neutron diffraction measurements. DC and AC-magnetic susceptibility results are consistent with an AFM order at TN = 52 K. The specific heat data show a lambda anomaly associated to the magnetic transition with a peak at 52 K (cord = 99 J/molTbK). The analysis of thermodiffractograms of neutron diffraction patterns indicates that, below the ordering temperature, the magnetic reflections can be indexed with a commensurate lattice related to the crystallographic cell (Pmna) by a propagation vector k = (1/2, 1/2, 1/2). The results are compared with those reported for other magnetic rare earth alloys of R2Al-type (with R = Nd, Gd and Dy).}, organization = {This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain under Contract No. MAT 2008-06542-c04-04.}, publisher = {Institute of Physics}, publisher = {Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2011, 325 , 012023}, title = {Antiferromagnetic behaviour of Tb2Al alloy}, author = {Rojas Pupo, Daniel and André, G. and Rodríguez Fernández, Jesús and Sánchez Marcos, Jorge and Fernández Barquín, Luis and Echevarría Bonet, Cristina}, }