Effect of substitution of Co with Fe on the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Heusler alloy Co sub(2)CrAl

We investigate the effect of the substitution of Co with Fe on the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of a series of quaternary Co sub(2-x)Fe sub(x)CrAl Heusler alloys. The alloy orders in the B2 structure for composition of x > or = 0.4. The half metallicity in the parent Co sub(2)Cr...

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Published in:Physica. B, Condensed matter Condensed matter, 2015-02, Vol.459, p.46-51
Main Authors: Nehra, Jagdish, Lakshmi, N, Venugopalan, K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Condensed matter
Curie temperature
Direct current
Electronics
Heusler alloys
Iron
Magnetic properties
Magnetization
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Summary:We investigate the effect of the substitution of Co with Fe on the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of a series of quaternary Co sub(2-x)Fe sub(x)CrAl Heusler alloys. The alloy orders in the B2 structure for composition of x > or = 0.4. The half metallicity in the parent Co sub(2)CrAl is retained in the whole series of alloys on partial substitution of Co with Fe atoms. DC magnetization studies evidence a linear increase in saturation magnetization and Curie temperature increase in Fe content. Mossbauer spectra show that along the series the average hyperfine field and combined relative area under the curve of sextets increase linearly with increase in Fe content corroborating results obtained from DC magnetization studies.
ISSN:0921-4526
DOI:10.1016/j.physb.2014.11.096