Magnetic anisotropy and magnetic phase transitions in {bold {ital R}}Fe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2} ({bold {ital R}}=Pr, Nd, Sm, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm)

Journal Article · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1996 · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.55.380· OSTI ID:459840

Guslienko, K Y; Sinnecker, E H; Grossinger, R ^[1]

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1. Institute for Experimental Physics, Technical University of Vienna, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8-10, A-1040 Vienna (Austria)

RFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2} (R=Pr, Sm, Nd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm) intermetallics were investigated by studying the temperature- or field-induced spin-reorientation transitions (SRTs). The temperature dependence of the magnetic anisotropy field was determined by means of the singular point-detection technique for the polycrystalline samples of YFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2}, NdFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2}, DyFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2}, and ErFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2}. Main emphasis was given to the theoretical analysis of the magnetic anisotropy constants and the magnetic phase transitions. The temperature dependences of the rare-earth anisotropy constants were calculated using the single-ion model within linear theory. The applicability of the linear theory of the R anisotropy is discussed. It is shown that the accuracy of this theory increases considerably with increasing temperature. A set of the crystal field and exchange field parameters for the rare-earth R{sup 3+} ions was deduced. The observed SRTs and first-order magnetization processes (FOMPs) were explained and classified. FOMP-like transitions in PrFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2}, HoFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2}, and ErFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2} were identified. The temperature dependence of the FOMP fields was calculated for HoFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2} and ErFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2}. The physical origin of a low-temperature anomaly in the magnetization process is discussed for SmFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2}. The spin-reorientation transitions in ErFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2} and TmFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2} are determined to be of first order with a discontinuous jump of the magnetization. The SRTs detected in NdFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2} and DyFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2} are of second order. The calculated temperature dependences of the anisotropy fields for DyFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2} and NdFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2} are in good agreement with the experimental data over a wide temperature range. FOMPs are predicted at low temperatures for NdFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2}, DyFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2}, and TmFe{sub 10}Mo{sub 2}.

• OSTI ID: 459840
• Journal Information: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 55; ISSN PRBMDO; ISSN 0163-1829
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
CRYSTAL FIELD
EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS
INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
MAGNETIC MATERIALS
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
RARE EARTH ALLOYS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0065-0273 K
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE