ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
The effect of Ga and Al substitution for Fe on the structural and magnetic properties of the Er2Fe17−xMxCy (M=Ga, Al; x=0–4, y=0–2) compounds was investigated. It was found that Ga is superior to Al in stabilizing the single-phase Er2Fe17−xMxCy compounds. The hexagonal Th2Ni17-type structure persisted in almost all alloys with the exception of Er2Fe13Ga4C and Er2Fe13Ga4C2. These two compounds exhibited a rhombohedral Th2Zn17 structure. Both the Curie temperature and magnetization can be enhanced with a certain amount of Ga or Al substitution. But they decreased almost monotonically with the increase of Ga or Al content in Er2Fe17−xMxCy (x(approximately-greater-than)1, y(approximately-greater-than)0). The spin reorientation temperature, Tsr, was influenced by both carbon interstitial and Ga or Al substitution for Fe and ascribed to the increase of the c-axis uniaxial anisotropy of the Er3+ sublattice by the modification of electron structure around it. The highest Tsr of 241 K appears in the compound Er2Fe14Ga3C. © 1996 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.362300
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