Itinerant-electron metamagnetism and susceptibility maximum behavior in several kinds of Laves-phase compounds

M. Ohta; K. Fukamichi; A. Fujita; H. Saito; T. Goto

doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2004.10.038

Itinerant-electron metamagnetism and susceptibility maximum behavior in several kinds of Laves-phase compounds

M. Ohta, K. Fukamichi, A. Fujita, H. Saito, T. Goto

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The behavior of the metamagnetic transition and the magnetic susceptibility maximum in the Lu(Co_1-xSn_x)₂, Lu(Co _1-xGe_x)₂, Lu(Co_1-xSi _x)₂, Y(Co_1-xAl_x)₂, Y(Co_1-xGa_x)₂ and Y(Co_1-xSi _x)₂ compounds has been investigated. The critical magnetic field μ₀H_c for the metamagnetic transition decreases with the increase of x in Lu(Co_1-xSn_x)₂, Lu(Co_1-xGe_x)₂, Lu(Co_1-xSi _x)₂, Y(Co_1-xAl_x)₂ and Y(Co_1-xGa_x)₂, accompanied by a decrease of the magnetic susceptibility maximum temperature T_max. The larger the lattice expansion, the stronger the concentration dependences of μ₀H_c and T_max in the Lu(Co _1-xSn_x)₂, Lu(Co_1-xGe _x)₂ and Lu(Co_1-xSi_x)₂ systems. The exchange-enhanced Pauli paramagnetic properties are affected by the lattice expansion. The relation between the critical field of the metamagnetic transition μ₀H_c and the inverse magnetic susceptibility at T_max, χ(T_max)^-1, is fitted to a universal straight line. The onset of ferromagnetism in Y(Co _1-xGa_x)₂ has been verified for the first time. The values of the magnetic moment M_s and the Curie temperature T _C of Y(Co_1-xGa_x)₂ are smaller than those of Y(Co_1-xAl_x)₂. On the other hand, no evidence of the onset of a ferromagnetic state is obtained in the Y(Co _1-xSi_x)₂ compounds with 0.00 ≤ x ≤ 0.15. The ferromagnetism appears in both Lu(Co_1-xM_x)₂ and Y(Co_1-xM_x)₂ only when M is one of the group IIIA elements Al or Ga, implying that the p-d hybridization has a more significant effect on the onset of ferromagnetism than the lattice expansion.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	43-50
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume	394
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2004.10.038
Publication status	Published - 2005 May 17

Keywords

High-field magnetic measurement
Itinerant-electron metamagnetism
Laves-phase compound
Magnetic-susceptibility maximum
Spin fluctuation
Weak itinerant-electron ferromagnetism

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Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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