“…In contrast, the corresponding germanide EuPtGe 3 was found to possess a simple EM-AFM magnetic structure below T N ¼ 11 K, with the magnetic moments confined within the tetragonal ab plane [10]. Similarly, a sole AFM phase transition at T N ¼ 12.4 K to the state with the Eu magnetic moments lying within the ab plane was reported for EuPdGe 3 , but in this case rather an ICM character of the spin arrangement was anticipated [11,12]. In turn, the magnetic behavior in EuNiGe 3 was found fairly similar to that in EuPtSi 3 , namely an ICM-AFM order below T N ¼ 13.2 K is probably replaced at 10.5 K by a commensurate one with the Eu spins being nearly parallel to the c-axis [13,14].…”