Coexistence of localized and (induced) itinerant magnetism and heat-capacity anomalies in Gd{sub 1{minus}x}Y{sub x}Ni alloys
Coexistence of localized and (induced) itinerant magnetism and heat-capacity anomalies in Gd{sub 1{minus}x}Y{sub x}Ni alloys
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Gd{sub 1{minus}x}Y{sub x}Ni 合金中局部和(感应)流动磁性与热容异常的共存
DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.55.8369
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发表时间:
1997
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
V. Nagarajan
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作者:
R. Mallik;P. Paulose;E. Sampathkumaran;S. Patil;V. Nagarajan
The results of magnetization (M), electrical resistivity ({rho}), and heat-capacity (C) measurements for the alloys, Gd{sub 1{minus}x}Y{sub x}Ni, are reported. The x-ray-diffraction patterns indicate that there is a change in the crystal structure from CrB-type to FeB-type orthorhombic structure for increasing x near x=0.4. GdNi has been known to order ferromagnetically at 70 K and the observed x dependence of T{sub C} and {theta}{sub p} proves that the strength of Gd-Gd exchange interaction is enhanced by a factor of about 1.5 in the FeB structure. The M data suggest that there is an excess moment for the Gd-rich alloys. The observed magnetization behavior is taken as an evidence to show that there is coexistence of localized magnetism (from Gd) and itinerant ferromagnetism of induced-type, presumably from Ni 3d band. There is an enhancement of C with decreasing temperature above T{sub C} over a wide temperature range presumably due to short-range order effects in these alloys. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}