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Title: Noncollinear spin structure in F e 3 + x C o 3 x T i 2 ( x = 0 , 2 , 3 ) from neutron diffraction

Journal Article · · Physical Review Materials

Neutron powder diffraction has been used to investigate the spin structure of the hard-magnetic alloy Fe3+xCo3–xTi2 (x = 0,2,3). The materials are produced by rapid quenching from the melt, they possess a hexagonal crystal structure, and they are nanocrystalline with crystallite sizes D of the order of 40 nm. Projections of the magnetic moment onto both the crystalline c axis and the basal plane were observed. The corresponding misalignment angle exhibits a nonlinear decrease with x, which we explain as a micromagnetic effect caused by Fe-Co site disorder. As a result, the underlying physics is a special kind of random-anisotropy magnetism that leads to the prediction of 1/D1/4 power-law dependence of the misalignment angle on the crystallite size.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725; FG02-04ER46152
OSTI ID:
1531241
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1524474
Journal Information:
Physical Review Materials, Vol. 3, Issue 6; ISSN 2475-9953
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 5 works
Citation information provided by
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