CeaBi4Pt a is a mixed valence compound with a gap in its electronic excitation spectrum.
An Arrhenius plot of resistivity gives p-exp(--A/T), where A--5 meV. Inelastic neutron scattering experiments on CeaBi4Pta and also the isostructural lanthanum analogue reveal a gap in the spin-spin correlation function of CeaBi4Pta. At low temperatures the magnetic gap Am= 12 meV. Above 50 K the gap fills, becoming indiscernible at 150 K.