Mixed Rare-earth Effects in (Sm/Gd)₂(Fe/Si)₁₇ Intermetallics
Abstract
The affects of mixing samarium and gadolinium on the crystallographic and magnetic properties of SmyGd2-yFe17-xSix (x = 0, 0.33, 0.67, 1, 2, 3 and y = 0.33, 0.67, 1, 1.33, 1.67) intermetallics have been investigated using x-ray diffraction techniques and SQUID and Vibrating Sample Magnetometer measurements. The SmyGd2-yFe17-xSix samples, except for the sample with x = 3 and y = 1, crystallized in the rhombohedral Th2Zn17-structure with little or no impurities. For a given silicon content (fixed x), the unit cell volume and saturation magnetization increases at the approximate average rates of 4 Å3 and 24 emu/g per substituted samarium atom, respectively. The Curie temperature (Tc) for a given silicon content, on the other hand, decreases with increasing samarium content at an average rate of 30-40 °C per substitution. The affect of substituting silicon for iron on Tc is more marked, with Tc increasing at a rate of almost 70 °C per silicon substitution at low silicon concentrations. For a given samarium content (fixed y), the unit cell volume and saturation magnetization decreases at approximate rates of 5 Å3 and 9 emu/g per substituted silicon atom, respectively. X-ray diffraction studies of magnetically aligned powders indicate that the easy direction of magnetization is in the basal plane of the rhombohedral unit cell. All of the samples were found to have very little magnetic anisotropy with no apparent dependence of the anisotropy on the samarium or silicon content. The 340 °C Tc measured for the SmGdFe14Si3 sample is unusually high for these intermetallics and its XRD pattern is indicative of a phase other than the rhombohedral Th2Zn17-type.
Recommended Citation
G. K. Marasinghe and W. A. Priyantha and K. Kamaraju and W. J. James and W. B. Yelon and I. Dubenko and P. Hill and N. Ali and M. Ellouze and P. I'Héritier, "Mixed Rare-earth Effects in (Sm/Gd)₂(Fe/Si)₁₇ Intermetallics," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Jan 2001.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/20.951247
Department(s)
Chemistry
Second Department
Physics
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0018-9464
Document Type
Article - Journal
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English
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© 2001 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2001
