Abstract

The structural and magnetic properties of the Er2Fe17Hx compounds, where x is 0, 1, 2, 3, and 3.8, have been investigated by means of powder x-ray diffraction, thermal and ac magnetic susceptibility measurements, and iron-57 Mössbauer spectroscopy. The Er2Fe17Hx compounds crystallize in the hexagonal P63/mmc space group with the Th2Ni17-like structure, a structure which has both an iron-rich stoichiometry and disorder of the erbium and iron-iron 4f-4f dumbbell sites. The increase in the lattice parameters, the magnetic ordering temperature, the saturation magnetization, and the dependence of the Mössbauer spectral hyperfine parameters upon the hydrogen content reveal a two-step filling of the interstitial sites, with hydrogen first filling the octahedral 6h sites for x<3 and then partially filling the tetrahedral 12i sites for x=3 and 3.8. Neither the Mössbauer spectra nor the ac magnetic susceptibility measurements reveal any spin reorientation in any of these compounds. In all of the compounds both the excess amount of iron and the expected disorder is confirmed by the Mössbauer spectra and the hyperfine parameters of the iron 4e site are reported herein. Finally, the Mössbauer spectra indicate that the interstitial hydrogen atoms partially occupying the tetrahedral 12i sites are jumping between these sites on the Mössbauer time scale.

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Chemistry

Keywords and Phrases

Erbium; Hydrogen; Iron 57; Iron Derivative; Metal; Metal Derivative; Nickel Complex; Thorium Derivative; Chemical Composition; Crystallization; Magnetism; Molecular Interaction; Mössbauer Spectroscopy; Reaction Analysis; Stoichiometry; Structure Analysis; X Ray Powder Diffraction

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0163-1829

Document Type

Article - Journal

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text

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English

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© 2001 American Physical Society (APS), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2001

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