Exchange Interaction as a Cause of Reverse Thermo-Remanent Magnetism
Exchange Interaction as a Cause of Reverse Thermo-Remanent Magnetism
复制标题
交换相互作用是反向热剩磁的原因
作者:
T. Nagata;S. Uyeda
WE reported, in 1952, the occurrence of self-reversing thermo-remanent magnetism of the ferromagnetic minerals contained in the hypersthene hornblende dacite pumice of Mount Haruna, Japan1. The physical mechanism producing this particular phenomenon was at first considered to be one postulated by Néel2, that is, a magneto-static interaction during field-cooling, between two ferromagnetic phases (A, andB) with different Curie points (TcA, andTcB). We ascertained that the ferromagnetic minerals consist of two distinct phases,Abeing a cubic titanium-poor titanomagnetite (TcA∼ 500° C.) andBa rhombohedral solid solution between ilmenite and hæmatite 0.55 FeTiO3.0.45 Fe2O3(TcB∼ 200° C.)3. The abundance ratio ofA, andBwas found to beA/Babout 0.02. Subsequent investigations have revealed that the ilmenite-hæmatite phase is the only constituent responsible for our reverse thermo-remanent magnetism; the titanomagnetite phase, although more abundant, is irrelevant to the phenomenon4.