TY - JOUR
T1 - X-ray powder diffraction studies of Mn3Ga0.97Al 0.03C in magnetic fields
AU - Koyama, Keiichi
AU - Kanomata, Takeshi
AU - Watanabe, Tatsuo
AU - Suzuki, Takanobu
AU - Nishihara, Hironori
AU - Watanabe, Kazuo
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - We have performed the X-ray powder diffraction measurements for Mn 3Ga0.97Al0.03C with a perovskite-type structure in the temperature range from 8 to 320 K in magnetic fields up to 5T, in order to investigate the structural properties affected by the magnetic field. The compound has a successive magnetic phase transition below 160 K: the ferromagnetic (F)-intermediate (I)-antiferromagnetic (AF) phases for cooling process. The lattice parameter a abruptly increases by 0.23%, accompanied by the transition from the I to AF phases at TAF-1 = 130 K. In addition, we clearly observed that magnetic field induces the I phase with small a and suppresses the AF phase with large a below TAF-1.
AB - We have performed the X-ray powder diffraction measurements for Mn 3Ga0.97Al0.03C with a perovskite-type structure in the temperature range from 8 to 320 K in magnetic fields up to 5T, in order to investigate the structural properties affected by the magnetic field. The compound has a successive magnetic phase transition below 160 K: the ferromagnetic (F)-intermediate (I)-antiferromagnetic (AF) phases for cooling process. The lattice parameter a abruptly increases by 0.23%, accompanied by the transition from the I to AF phases at TAF-1 = 130 K. In addition, we clearly observed that magnetic field induces the I phase with small a and suppresses the AF phase with large a below TAF-1.
KW - Field-induced structural transformation
KW - High field x-ray diffraction
KW - Magnetic phase transition
KW - MnGaC
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U2 - 10.2320/matertrans.47.492
DO - 10.2320/matertrans.47.492
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33646846319
VL - 47
SP - 492
EP - 495
JO - Materials Transactions
JF - Materials Transactions
SN - 1345-9678
IS - 3
ER -