The effect of hydrogenation on the electrophysics and magnetic characteristics of dysprosium

The effect of hydrogenation from the gas phase on the change in the character of the temperature dependence of the electrical resistivity ρ(T) in the range of 77–300 K and the temperatures of phase magnetic transformations (Curie temperature TC and Néel temperature TN) of dysprosium was studied. It follows from the experimental data and their analysis that, within the framework of the indirect exchange ideas, the decreases in TC, TN and the contribution to ρ(T) related to electron scattering in the paramagnetic phase are interrelated. It has been suggested that hydrogenation effects may be related to changes in microscopic parameters: a decrease in the density of states at the Fermi level, an increase in the Fermi energy, and a decrease in the effective mass of carriers and the s-f exchange parameter.