Abstract
Elpasolite compounds with the formula Cs
2
NaLnCl
6
, where Ln is a lanthanide ion, have the cubic structure Fm3m (O
5
h
) at room temperature, but some compounds (La, Ce, Pr, Nd) are known to have phase transitions at temperatures between 100 and 160 K to a lower symmetry (Anistratov
et al
. 1978, Nevald
et al
. 1979). On the other hand, Cs
2
NaHoCl
6
remains cubic at least down to 0.6 K (Bleaney
et al
. 1981
a
), although its ground state is a Γ
3
doublet. The compounds of the non-Kramers ions Pr
3+
, Tb
3+
, Tm
3+
have singlet states Γ
1
and we have investigated the enhanced n. m. r. spectra at low temperatures of
141
Pr (
I
= 5/2),
159
Tb (
I
= 3/2) and
169
Tm (
I
= 1/2). The results are interpreted in terms of a predominantly cubic field with a small tetragonal distortion which splits the first excited state, the triplet Γ
4
. The magnitude of this splitting and its sign are consistent with a small elongation along the tetragonal axis for Cs
2
NaPrCl
6
. A novel feature is that the sign of the nuclear electric quadrupole interaction for Pr can be deduced from variations in the line width, ascribed to small, linked variations in the values of
P
and
γ
.
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