“…1͒, which are different from Gd 5 ͑Si x Ge 1−x ͒ 4 , are decoupled by about 10 K and less than 5 K when x = 0.5 and 0.55, respectively. 10,11 Moreover, the separate crystallographic and magnetic phase transitions can be recoupled in a polycrystalline Tb 5 Si 2 Ge 2 by applying hydrostatic pressures greater than 8.6 kbar, 12 or by magnetic fields greater than 10 kOe when applied along the easy magnetization direction, i.e., along the a axis, of a Tb 5 Si 2.2 Ge 1.8 single crystal. 13 In either case, the compound transforms from the monoclinic paramagnetic to the orthorhombic ferromagnetic state.…”