Magnetic properties of mechanically alloyed FeCu
J Z Jiang; Q A Pankhurst; C E Johnson; C Gente; R Bormann; J Z Jiang; Dept. of Phys., Liverpool Univ., UK; Q A Pankhurst; Dept. of Phys., Liverpool Univ., UK; C E Johnson; Dept. of Phys., Liverpool Univ., UK; C Gente; Dept. of Phys., Liverpool Univ., UK; R Bormann; Dept. of Phys., Liverpool Univ., UK
Журнал:
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Дата:
1994-04-18
Аннотация:
The temperature dependence of saturation magnetization has been observed for an unstable FCC Fe<sub>50</sub>Cu<sub>50</sub> solid-solution sample prepared by mechanical alloying. The unstable Fee Fe<sub>50</sub>Cu<sub>50</sub> solid solution has a Curie temperature of 505+or-5 K. At low temperatures the saturation magnetization is well approximated by the relationship M(T)=M(0)(1-BT<sup>3</sup>2/), where M(0)=108.7 emu g<sup>-1</sup> and B=4.21*10<sup>-5</sup> K<sup>-3</sup>2/. This holds over a large temperature range (T/T<sub>c</sub><0.4) indicating the presence of long-wavelength spin-wave excitations and disordered atomic structure. On annealing the as-milled sample at annealing temperatures above about 500 K, decomposition of the metastable FCC Fe<sub>50</sub>Cu<sub>50</sub> solid solution was observed. The magnetic moment of Fe atoms in the FCC Fe<sub>100-x</sub>Cu<sub>x</sub> Phases remains at about 2.35 mu <sub>B</sub> for 50<x<61, and drops rapidly to 0.544 mu <sub>B</sub> for x=70.7. This results in the 40% reduction of the saturation magnetization at zero temperature for the sample annealed at 673 K for 1 h when compared to that for the as-milled sample. The Curie temperature of the FCC Fe<sub>29.3</sub>Cu<sub>70.7</sub> solid solution falls to about 200 K.
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