Magneto-volume effects in Fe–Cu solid solutions

The magnetic properties of Fe–Cu metastable solid solutions have been investigated by means of neutron diffraction and magnetisation measurements. These compounds exhibit ferromagnetic order with Curie temperatures above room temperature for concentrations beyond 40 at% in Fe. The magnetic moment at...

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Published in:Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials 2006-05, Vol.300 (1), p.229-233
Main Authors: Gorria, P., Martínez-Blanco, D., Iglesias, R., Palacios, S.L., Pérez, M.J., Blanco, J.A., Fernández Barquín, L., Hernando, A., González, M.A.
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Language:English
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Ferromagnetism
Magneto-volume effects
Metastable solid solutions
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Summary:The magnetic properties of Fe–Cu metastable solid solutions have been investigated by means of neutron diffraction and magnetisation measurements. These compounds exhibit ferromagnetic order with Curie temperatures above room temperature for concentrations beyond 40 at% in Fe. The magnetic moment at 5 K can reach values over 2 μ B, while the high field susceptibility is similar to that found in FCC–FeNi Invar alloys. These features together with the low values for the linear coefficient for thermal expansion in the ferromagnetic region suggest that magneto-volume anomalies, including Invar behaviour, play a major role in the magnetic properties of this system when the crystal structure is face centred cubic. Such behaviour could be explained using theoretical total-band energy calculations.
ISSN:0304-8853
DOI:10.1016/j.jmmm.2005.10.073