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Structure transformation and magnetisms in Ho2Ni7-xFex compounds
Author(s) -
Yuqi Yang,
Gao Qing-Qing,
Guannan Li
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.62.016103
Subject(s) - trigonal crystal system , materials science , hexagonal crystal system , crystallography , condensed matter physics , intermetallic , crystal structure , lattice constant , magnetization , lattice (music) , electron diffraction , diffraction , physics , chemistry , magnetic field , metallurgy , alloy , quantum mechanics , acoustics , optics
Based on the composite compounds Ho2Ni7-xFex (x=0-3.0), a method of describing the structure transition from rhombohedral to hexagonal is discussed in terms of free electron concentration. The transition is investigated by X-ray powder diffraction and magnetic analysis. The compounds crystallize into the rhombohedral Gd2Co7-type structure for x=0-0.5 and into the hexagonal Ce2Ni7-type structure for x=0.5-2.5. The values of lattice parameters a and c of the Ho2Ni7-xFex compounds increase with the addition of Fe, and the saturation magnetization Ms decreases with Fe content increasing at a rate of d Ms/d x=-2, manifesting antiparallel alignments of the Fe and Ho moment. The higher the free electron concentration, the stabler the rhombohedral structure is, otherwise the hexagonal structure is stabler, which provides a meaningful parameter to distinguish the two allotropies in composite structure intermetallics.

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