@article{8fd46e8e01db49e688f87a1137223079,
title = "Magnetic properties of Mn2PdSn and Mn2PdIn",
abstract = "New Mn2PdZ (Z=In, Sn) alloys have been synthesized. Both alloys crystallize in a Heusler-type cubic structure. The lattice parameters of solution-treated Mn2PdSn and Mn2PdIn were found to be 6.351 {\AA} and 6.399 {\AA}, respectively. Magnetization measurements were carried out under magnetic fields up to 68 kOe. Both the solution-treated alloys have spontaneous magnetizations. The magnetic moment at 6 K and the Curie temperature of solution-treated Mn2PdSn were estimated to be 1.70 μB/f.u. and 411 K, respectively. The magnetic moment at 6 K of solution-treated Mn2PdIn was found to be 0.59 μB/f.u. Ageing heat treatments at 673 K on these alloy, instead of an increase of degree of atomic order, resulted in phase decomposition. Thin-plate precipitates and a very fine Widmanst{\"a}tten morphology were found for the aged Mn2PdSn and Mn2PdIn alloys, respectively.",
keywords = "Curie temperature, Heusler alloys, Magnetic moment, MnPdIn, MnPdSn",
author = "Xiao Xu and Takeshi Kanomata and Masanobu Hayasaka and Ryosuke Umino and Keita Endo and Hironori Nishihara and Yoshiya Adachi and Ryosuke Kainuma and Ziebeck, {Kurt R.A.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to express sincere thanks to Professor T. Shishido and Mr. K. Obara at Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University for sample preparation. The authors would also like to express sincere thanks to Professor S. Fujii at Kagoshima University for his helpful discussions. A part of the low temperature experiments were performed at the Center for Low Temperature Science, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University. This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, provided by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.",
year = "2016",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.jmmm.2015.10.086",
language = "English",
volume = "401",
pages = "618--624",
journal = "Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials",
issn = "0304-8853",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}