A small angle neutron scattering and M{umlt o}ssbauer spectrometry study of magnetic structures in nanocrystalline Ni{sub 3}Fe
- Division of Engineering and Applied Science, mail 138-78 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 (United States)
- Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 (United States)
Results are reported from small angle neutron scattering and M{umlt o}ssbauer spectrometry measurements on nanocrystalline Ni{sub 3}Fe. The nanocrystalline materials were prepared by mechanical attrition and studied in the as-milled state, after annealing at 265 {degree}C to relieve internal stress, and after annealing 600 {degree}C to prepare a control sample comprising large crystals. The small angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurements were performed for a range of applied magnetic fields. Small differences were found in how the different samples reached magnetic saturation. From the SANS data obtained at magnetic saturation, we found little difference in the nuclear scattering of the as-milled material and the material annealed at 265 {degree}C. Reductions in nuclear scattering and magnetic scattering were observed for the control sample, and this was interpreted as grain growth. The material annealed at 265 {degree}C also showed a reduction in magnetic SANS compared to the as-milled material. This was interpreted as an increase in magnetic moments of atoms at the grain boundaries after a low temperature annealing. Both M{umlt o}ssbauer spectroscopy and small angle neutron scattering showed an increase in the grain boundary magnetic moments after the 265 {degree}C annealing (0.2 and 0.4{mu}{sub B}/atom, respectively), even though there was little change in the grain boundary atomic density. {copyright} {ital 1999 American Institute of Physics.}
- OSTI ID:
- 348141
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 85, Issue 10; Other Information: PBD: May 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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