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Title: Structural and magnetic phase transitions in gadolinium under high pressures and low temperatures

Journal Article · · High Pressure Research
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  1. Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (United States)
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

High pressure structural transition studies have been carried out on rare earth metal gadolinium in a diamond anvil cell at room temperature to 169 GPa. Gadolinium has been compressed to 38% of its initial volume at this pressure. With increasing pressure, a crystal structure sequence of hcp → Sm-type → dhcp →fcc → dfcc→ monoclinic has been observed in our studies on gadolinium. The measured equation of state of gadolinium is presented to 169 GPa at ambient temperature. Magnetic ordering temperature of gadolinium has been studied using designer diamond anvils to a pressure of 25 GPa and a temperature of 10 K. The magnetic ordering temperature has been determined from the four-point electrical resistivity measurements carried out on gadolinium. Lastly, our experiments show that the magnetic transition temperature decreases with increasing pressure to 19 GPa and then increases when gadolinium is subjected to higher pressures.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, AL (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
NA0002014; AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1251168
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1342022
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-695620
Journal Information:
High Pressure Research, Vol. 34, Issue 4; ISSN 0895-7959
Publisher:
Taylor & FrancisCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 14 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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