Magnetic structure and magneto-volume anomalies in Er2Fe17 compound
Publication date: | 2011 |
Editorial: |
Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP Publishing) |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/325/1/012011 |
Citación: | Journal of Physics. Conference Series, 325(1), p. 1-5(2011); doi:10.1088/1742-6596/325/1/012011 |
Descripción física: | p. 1-5 |
Abstract: |
Neutron powder diffraction shows that the intermetallic Er2Fe17 compound with hexagonal crystal structure has a ferrimagnetic ground state (TC = 303 K). At T = 5 K the magnetic moments of Fe sublattice (μ ~ 2 μB) are therefore antiparalell to those of the Er one (μ ~ 9 μB), all of them lying on the basal plane. This compound exhibits strong magnetovolume effects up to temperatures in the vicinity of TC. Neutron thermo-diffraction experiments also show an anomalous temperature dependence of the cell volume, including a negative thermal expansion coefficient below 300 K. In addition, a positive spontaneous volume magnetostriction is observed up to T ~ 400 K, with a maximum (ωS ~ 0.02) located at T = 5 K. Neutron powder diffraction shows that the intermetallic Er2Fe17 compound with hexagonal crystal structure has a ferrimagnetic ground state (TC = 303 K). At T = 5 K the magnetic moments of Fe sublattice (μ ~ 2 μB) are therefore antiparalell to those of the Er one (μ ~ 9 μB), all of them lying on the basal plane. This compound exhibits strong magnetovolume effects up to temperatures in the vicinity of TC. Neutron thermo-diffraction experiments also show an anomalous temperature dependence of the cell volume, including a negative thermal expansion coefficient below 300 K. In addition, a positive spontaneous volume magnetostriction is observed up to T ~ 400 K, with a maximum (ωS ~ 0.02) located at T = 5 K. |
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5th Meeting of the Spanish Neutron Scattering Association |