Heat Capacity and Magnetic Properties of PrMgAl₁₁O₁₉

The isobaric heat capacity of magnesium praseodymium hexaaluminate PrMgAl₁₁O₁₉ having the magnetoplumbite structure was measured by three calorimetric methods in the temperature range 2–1865 K. Reconciled and smoothed heat capacity data were used to calculate thermodynamic functions (entropy, enthalpy change, and reduced Gibbs energy) in this temperature range. A gentle heat capacity anomaly with a peak at about 8 K was found; its entropy and enthalpy were calculated. Magnetic properties of PrMgAl₁₁O₁₉ were studied by dynamic magnetic susceptibility measurements in the range 2–300 K. The results of magnetic measurements revealed an anomaly on the imaginary component of dynamic magnetic susceptibility, the temperature range of which matched that of the heat capacity anomaly.