Title
Magnetic properties of hexagonal Laves-phase Zr(Cr<inf>1-x</inf>Fe<inf>x</inf>)<inf>2</inf> compounds
Date Issued
10 September 2001
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidade de São Paulo
Publisher(s)
Institute of Physics Publishing
Abstract
Zr(Cr1-xFex)2 samples with the C14 structure were prepared in an arc furnace for x = 0.2-0.85. Magnetization, ac susceptibility and Mössbauer spectra were measured in the 4.2-300 K temperature interval. Saturation magnetic moments were obtained from magnetization data and iron moments were obtained from Mössbauer spectra; the Cr moment was found to be negligible. A new environment-dependent model for the formation of Fe moments was proposed. Arrott plots showed that long-range magnetic order only occurs for x > 0.7. Spin glass properties were studied in detail for x ≤ 0.7. Samples with x = 0.8-0.85 were ferromagnetic with a reentrant spin glass transition. A magnetic-phase diagram was drawn for this system.
Start page
8415
End page
8434
Volume
13
Issue
36
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería eléctrica, Ingeniería electrónica Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0035839942
Source
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
ISSN of the container
09538984
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