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Second order phase transition temperature of single crystals of Gd5Si1.3Ge2.7 and Gd5Si1.4Ge2.6
Author(s) -
Ravi L. Hadimani,
Yevgen Melikhov,
D. L. Schlagel,
T. A. Lograsso,
K. W. Dennis,
R. W. McCallum,
David Jiles
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of applied physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.699
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1089-7550
pISSN - 0021-8979
DOI - 10.1063/1.4907190
Subject(s) - orthorhombic crystal system , materials science , magnetic moment , phase transition , phase (matter) , condensed matter physics , transition temperature , analytical chemistry (journal) , atmospheric temperature range , crystallography , crystal structure , chemistry , thermodynamics , superconductivity , physics , organic chemistry , chromatography
Gd5(SixGe1−x)4 has mixed phases in the composition range 0.32 < x < 0.41, which have not been widely studied. In this paper, we have synthesized and indexed single crystal samples of Gd5Si1.3Ge2.7 and Gd5Si1.4Ge2.6. We have investigated the first order and second order phase transition temperatures of these samples using magnetic moment vs. temperature and magnetic moment vs. magnetic field at different temperatures. We have used a modified Arrott plot technique that was developed and reported by us previously to determine the “hidden” second order phase transition temperature of the orthorhombic II phase.

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