Abstract
The thermal conductivity (κ) of single crystals of tetragonal uniaxial antiferromagnets USb2 (T N = 202 K) and UBi2 (T N = 180.8 K) has been measured along the a-axis (κa ) over the temperature range from 0.5 to 300 K and along the c-axis (κc ) from 0.5 to 70 K. The as-grown samples have residual resistivity ratio (RRR) values of about 500–600 and 100–150 for UBi2 and USb2, respectively. The anisotropy of the thermal conductivity (κa (T)/κc (T) ∼ 5) and the low-T Lorenz ratios are discussed in relation to Fermi surface topology for both compounds.
Acknowledgement
The authors are indebted to Dr. R.E. Baumbach for his assistance with manuscript editing.