Title
Formation of nanostructured ω-Al<inf>7</inf>Cu<inf>2</inf>Fe crystalline phase by the ball milling technique
Date Issued
01 January 2014
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Pinto M.
Pillaca M.
Baggio-Saitovitch E.
Publisher(s)
Springer Nature
Abstract
Crystalline ω-Al7Cu2Fe bulk samples were prepared by arc furnace and then by means of milling, the average grain size of these samples is reduced to the nanometer scale. The structural and magnetic properties of the nanostructured ω-Al7Cu2Fe phase have been studied by X-ray diffraction employing Rietveld method, Mössbauer spectroscopy and vibrating sample magnetometry. The results indicate that the average grain size of the synthesized sample (ω-phase) rapidly decreases from 79 to 12 nm after 5 h of milling. Furthermore, the hyperfine parameters of the nanostructured samples are higher than the values for the bulk ω-phase. Magnetic measurements show a weak ferromagnetic behavior with Ms = 0.46 emu.g-1 for the bulk ω-phase. After the milling process this value increases to Ms = 1.50 emu.g-1 due to the formation and growth of a magnetic interstitial region after reducing the average grain size of the sample.
Start page
83
End page
88
Volume
224
Issue
March 1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Nano-materiales
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84889245067
Source
Hyperfine Interactions
ISSN of the container
03043843
Sponsor(s)
Acknowledgements M. Z. Pinto and M. Pillaca thank the “Zuñiga and Rivero Family Association” for financial support under its fellowship program for master studies in the National University of San Marcos.
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos UNMSM
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