Magnetic MAX phase compounds are important materials for studying the two-dimensional magnetism because of their layered crystallographic structure. The hexagonal MAX phase compound ${\mathrm{Cr}}_2\mathrm{GeC}$ is a Pauli paramagnet, and here we report the induction of an ordered magnetic state by doping Fe at the Cr site. Induced magnetism for small doping concentrations (indicated as 5% and 2.5%) is found to have a weak itinerant ferromagnetic character. The Rhodes-Wohlfarth ratio is found to be 13.29, while the coefficient of electronic heat capacity ($\mathrm{\Gamma }$) is 27 mJ-${\mathrm{mol}}^{-1}{\mathrm{K}}^{-2}$ for ${\mathrm{Cr}}_{1.9}{\mathrm{Fe}}_{0.1}\mathrm{GeC}$. Our x-ray magnetic circular dichorism measurement confirms that the magnetic moment arises from the Fe atom only, and Cr has negligible contribution towards the ordered moment. Our critical analysis indicates that the magnetic phase transition in ${\mathrm{Cr}}_{1.9}{\mathrm{Fe}}_{0.1}\mathrm{GeC}$ follows mean field theory.

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• Magnetic interactions
• Magnetic order
• Magnetism
• Alloys
• Carbon-based materials
• Crystalline systems
• Ferromagnets
• Metals
• Magnetization measurements
• Resistivity measurements
• Specific heat measurements
• X-ray magnetic circular dichroism