Title
Structural and magnetic properties of disordered crystalline Fe50Mn25+xSn−x alloys with x =-1.25, 0.0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Pachín, Wilber
PEÑA RODRIGUEZ, VICTOR ANTONIO
LEON HILARIO, LUDWIN MISAEL
ROJAS AYALA, CHACHI
LANDAURO SAENZ, CARLOS VLADIMIR
Gomez Quispe, Justiniano
Agüero, Jorge
Passamani E.C.
Baggio-Saitovitch E.
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Abstract
Disordered crystalline Fe50Mn25+xSn25−x alloys, with x =-1.25, 0.0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5 (close to the full-Heusler alloys), were arc-melted in a high purity argon atmosphere and the molten pellets were individually sealed in quartz tubes also under argon atmosphere. Subsequently, they were annealed at 1173 K for 4 days, being finally quenched in a bath with cold water. Structural and magnetic properties have systematically been studied using X-ray diffraction,57Fe, and119Sn Mössbauer spectroscopies, and magnetization measurements recorded at room temperature. Rietveld refinement of the X-ray diffraction patterns of the annealed samples with x =-1.25 and 0 has revealed the presence of two hexagonal crystallographic phases: (i) a chemically disordered solid solution identified as ε−(Fe/Mn)3Sn (majority fraction) and (ii) the ε−Fe5Sn3 intermetallic compound (minority fraction). For samples with x = 2.5, 5.0, and 7.5, the Rietveld analysis has only indicated the presence of a chemically disordered solid solution identified as ε−(Fe/Mn)3(Sn/Fe/Mn). Although compositions of the Fe50Mn25+xSn25−x alloys are close to that of full-Heusler alloys, none of them has the expected L21 structure. The average crystallite sizes, estimated from the Williamson-Hall method, are in the range of 256-62 nm. The average sizes has gradually decreased as the x-content is increased. Mössbauer results have shown localized-type magnetism from Fe non-equivalent sites, and itinerant-like magnetism on119Sn-probes. Magnetic hysteresis loops, recorded at 300 K for a maximum field of 2200 Oe, have indicated that the remanent and coercive fields have systematically decreased as the x-parameter has increased. Coercive fields are in the range for soft magnets (1-20 Oe).
Start page
43
End page
62
Volume
2021
Issue
62
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física atómica, molecular y química
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85099149396
Source
Momento
ISSN of the container
01214470
Sponsor(s)
The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support provided by local organizations through the projects: 121301201 (Major National University of San Marcos, UNMSM) and contract 011-2014-FONDECYT (National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development, FONDECYT), and for the support of international cooperation organizations, FAPERJ-Brazil, FINEP, FAPES, CNPq and the Latin American Center for Physics.
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus