MAGNETISATION AND MAGNETORESISTANCE OF Ho2Co17
High field magnetisation measurements up to 38 T have been performed on a newly grown single-crystalline Ho2Co17 sample along the main crystallographic directions of the hexagonal cell. The magnetization curve along the easy direction (b-axis) exhibits a metamagnetic-like transition at 23.6 T whereas for the a-axis a similar transition occurs at 31.4 T. The transitions are extremely sharp - much sharper than in previously grown crystals. The transitions are understood as a moment-flip transition associated with the formation of a non-collinear magnetic structure in this ferrimagnetic compound. From the transition-field value the 3d-4f spin-exchange parameter has been derived. Both of these transitions are seen in the magnetoresistance as an abrupt decrease of the resistance.