Hydrogen absor
ption in uranium ternary intermetallic com
pounds ty
pically increases ordering tem
peratures and magnetic moments. The case of URuSn hydride, which does not behave accordingly, can be related to s
pecific H
positions revealed by neutron diffraction on deuterides. Tuning through the onset of magnetic ordering by means of H absor
ption was found for the U
2T
2X com
pounds as U
2Co
2Sn. For U
2Ni
2SnD
1.8, we demonstrated that the anisotro
pic lattice ex
pansion leads to U moments reorientation, as a result of hybridisation-induced two-ion anisotro
py, with res
pect to U
2Ni
2Sn, in which the U
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poised between two regimes.