τ-MnAl with high coercivity and saturation magnetization
- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (China)
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1, 14109 Berlin (Germany)
In this paper, high purity τ-Mn{sub 54}Al{sub 46} and Mn{sub 54−x}Al{sub 46}C{sub x}alloys were successfully prepared using conventional arc-melting, melt-spinning, and heat treatment process. The magnetic and the structural properties were examined using x-ray diffraction (XRD), powder neutron diffraction and magnetic measurements. A room temperature saturation magnetization of 650.5 kAm{sup -1}, coercivity of 0.5 T, and a maximum energy product of (BH){sub max} = 24.7 kJm{sup -3} were achieved for the pure Mn{sub 54}Al{sub 46} powders without carbon doping. The carbon substituted Mn{sub 54−x}Al{sub 46}C{sub x}, however, reveals a lower Curie temperature but similar saturation magnetization as compared to the carbon-free sample. The electronic structure of MnAl shows that the Mn atom possesses a magnetic moment of 2.454 μ{sub B} which results from strong hybridization between Mn-Al and Mn-Mn. We also investigated the volume and c/a ratio dependence of the magnetic moments of Mn and Al. The results indicate that an increase in the intra-atomic exchange splitting due to the cell volume expansion, leads to a large magnetic moment for the Mn atom. The Mn magnetic moment can reach a value of 2.9 μ{sub B} at a volume expansion rate of ΔV/V ≈ 20%.
- OSTI ID:
- 22420197
- Journal Information:
- AIP Advances, Vol. 4, Issue 12; Other Information: (c) 2014 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2158-3226
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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