Magnetic Contribution to heat capacity and entropy of nickel ferrite
- Lockheed Martin Corporation
- ORNL
The heat capacity of nickel ferrite was measured as a function of temperature from 50 to 1200 C using a differential scanning calorimeter. A thermal anomaly was observed at 584.9 C, the expected Curie temperature, TC. The observed behavior was interpreted by recognizing the sum of three contributions: (1) lattice (vibrational), (2) a spin wave (magnetic) component and (3) a ?-transition (antiferromagnetic-paramagnetic transition) at the Curie temperature. The first was modeled using vibrational frequencies derived from an experimentally-based IR absorption spectrum, while the second was modeled using a spin wave analysis that provided a T3/2 dependency in the low-temperature limit, but incorporated an exchange interaction between cation spins in the octahedral and tetrahedral sites at elevated temperatures, as first suggested by Grimes [15]. The ?-transition was fitted to an Inden-type model which consisted of two truncated power law series in dimensionless temperature (T/TC). Exponential equality (m=n=7) was observed below and above TC, indicating symmetry about the Curie temperature. Application of the methodology to existing heat capacity data for other transition metal ferrites (AFe2O4, A=Fe, Co) revealed nearly the same exponential equality, i.e., m=n=5.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Work for Others (WFO)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1003699
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Vol. 4582, Issue 10.1016; ISSN 0022-3697
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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