Table 3 Total magnetic moment, total spin and orbital contribution and cobalt’s magnetic moment.

From: Complex magnetic properties associated with competing local and itinerant magnetism in \({\text {Pr}}_2 {\text {Co}}_{0.86} {\text {Si}}_{2.88}\)

System

Pr-spin moment (\(\mu _B\))

Pr-orbital moment (\(\mu _B\))

Co-moment (\(\mu _B\))

Total moment (\(\mu _B\))

I

Pr1: 1.91, Pr2: 1.94

Pr1: 3.57, Pr2: 2.20

−0.14

1.692

Pr3: 1.96, Pr4: 1.96

Pr3: 2.54, Pr4: 2.53

II

Pr1: 1.93, Pr2: 1.95

Pr1: 2.76, Pr2: 3.01

−0.17

2.093

Pr3: 1.92, Pr4: 1.96

Pr3: 2.86, Pr4: 2.84

III

Pr1: 1.89, Pr2: 1.87

Pr1: 3.17, Pr2: 3.58

0.54

2.309

Pr3: 1.88, Pr4: 1.87

Pr3: 3.27, Pr4: 3.59

IV

Pr1: 1.95, Pr2: 1.89

Pr1: 2.39, Pr2: 3.61

−0.18

1.866

Pr3: 1.98, Pr4: 1.97

Pr3: 2.55, Pr4: 2.54

V

Pr1: 1.79, Pr2: 1.77

Pr1: 4.18, Pr2: 4.02

0.47

3.183

Pr3: 1.86, Pr4: 1.86

Pr3: 3.29, Pr4: 3.29

VI

Pr1: 1.95, Pr2: 1.94

Pr1: 2.69, Pr2: 2.55

−0.18

2.05

Pr3: 1.95, Pr4: 1.87

Pr3: 2.42, Pr4: 3.65

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