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Mossbauer study of the lattice properties of the system V/sub 3/Ga/sub 1//sub -//sub x/Sn/sub x/

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev., B; (United States)
The temperature dependence of the /sup 119/Sn Mossbauer shift and the relative recoil-free fraction has been measured in the A-15 pseudobinary compounds V/sub 3/Ga/sub 1//sub -//sub x/Sn/sub x/ (x = 0.9, 0.5, 0.1). A two-Debye model for the phonon spectra describes the Sn vibrational motion, < v/sup 2/ > and < x/sup 2/ >. For V/sub 3/Ga/sub 0//sub .//sub 9/Sn/sub 0//sub .//sub 1/ a deviation of the thermal shift from Debye behavior is shown to be due to lattice softening; that is, phonon mode shifting is observed for the Ga-rich high-T/sub c/ compound. Comparison with heat-capacity results indicates that the vibrational motion of the vanadium atom also softens at low temperature. Moreover, a consideration of the concentration dependence of the Sn and Ga phonon contribution to the mass enhancement lambda suggests that the vanadium site controls the dependence of lambda, and hence T/sub c/, on concentration. (AIP)
Research Organization:
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115
OSTI ID:
7337903
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., B; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., B; (United States) Vol. 14:7; ISSN PLRBA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English