WEAK FERROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF Eu_1.85Ca_0.15CuO₄

A weak ferromagnetic transition has been observed for the T'-type compound Eu_1.85Ca_0.15CuO₄. The samples were prepared by a high pressure (5 GPa) synthesis technique. Their transition temperature occurred at 27 K. At 5 K the residual magnetization was 0.033 emu/g, the coercive force was 6.3×10⁴ A/m and the saturation field was larger than 1.6×10⁵ A/m. A field cooling method is proposed as a very convenient way to determine the residual magnetization and coercive force. The compound Eu_1.85Ca_0.15CuO₄ is suggested to use as a sensor to measure the remanant field of SQUID magnetometer.