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Title: Magnetic structure of ternary rare-earth alloy Ho1/3Tb1/3Er1/3

Abstract

Temperature dependent neutron powder diffraction measurements have been performed on the ternary rare-earth alloy Ho1/3Tb1/3Er1/3. Here, a dominant hexagonal closed packed structure is found, with a surface impurity phase that does not have any discernible magnetic signal. Three different magnetic phase transitions have been identified in the sample: (1) paramagnetic to helical k = (0,0,0.18) near T1 = 90 K, (2) addition of another helix k = (0,0,0.34) near T2 = 70 K, and (3) onset of ferromagnetism near T3 = 45 K. There is a degree of ambiguity in the direction of the ferromagnetic moments, but we argue that a c-axis ferromagnetic moment is most plausible. At T = 3.5 K the magnetic moments are found to be mc = 2.83 μB, mab[kc = 0.19] = 3.96 μB, and mab[kc = 0.37] = 3.17 μB.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [2];  [2]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Univ. of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing (China)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1513422
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 469; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0304-8853
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Pajerowski, Daniel M., Ostrowski, Kevin J., de La Cruz, Clarina, Tong, Xin Tony, Yuan, Yuan, Wu, Yuan, and Lu, Zhaoping. Magnetic structure of ternary rare-earth alloy Ho1/3Tb1/3Er1/3. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2018.08.059.
Pajerowski, Daniel M., Ostrowski, Kevin J., de La Cruz, Clarina, Tong, Xin Tony, Yuan, Yuan, Wu, Yuan, & Lu, Zhaoping. Magnetic structure of ternary rare-earth alloy Ho1/3Tb1/3Er1/3. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2018.08.059
Pajerowski, Daniel M., Ostrowski, Kevin J., de La Cruz, Clarina, Tong, Xin Tony, Yuan, Yuan, Wu, Yuan, and Lu, Zhaoping. Thu . "Magnetic structure of ternary rare-earth alloy Ho1/3Tb1/3Er1/3". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2018.08.059. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1513422.
@article{osti_1513422,
title = {Magnetic structure of ternary rare-earth alloy Ho1/3Tb1/3Er1/3},
author = {Pajerowski, Daniel M. and Ostrowski, Kevin J. and de La Cruz, Clarina and Tong, Xin Tony and Yuan, Yuan and Wu, Yuan and Lu, Zhaoping},
abstractNote = {Temperature dependent neutron powder diffraction measurements have been performed on the ternary rare-earth alloy Ho1/3Tb1/3Er1/3. Here, a dominant hexagonal closed packed structure is found, with a surface impurity phase that does not have any discernible magnetic signal. Three different magnetic phase transitions have been identified in the sample: (1) paramagnetic to helical k = (0,0,0.18) near T1 = 90 K, (2) addition of another helix k = (0,0,0.34) near T2 = 70 K, and (3) onset of ferromagnetism near T3 = 45 K. There is a degree of ambiguity in the direction of the ferromagnetic moments, but we argue that a c-axis ferromagnetic moment is most plausible. At T = 3.5 K the magnetic moments are found to be mc = 2.83 μB, mab[kc = 0.19] = 3.96 μB, and mab[kc = 0.37] = 3.17 μB.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jmmm.2018.08.059},
journal = {Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials},
number = C,
volume = 469,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Aug 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}