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Mössbauer Spectral Study of the Magnetocaloric FeMnP₁₋ₓAsₓ Compounds
Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics
  • Raphäel P. Hermann
  • Ojied Tegus
  • Ekkehard H. Brück
  • K. H. J. Buschow
  • Frank R. De Boer
  • Gary J. Long, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Fernande Grandjean, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

The magnetic phase transitions in the FeMnP1-xAsx compounds with x= 0.25, 0.35, 0.45, 0.50, and 0.55, have been studied by iron-57 Mössbauer spectroscopy. The ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic spectra have been analyzed with a model that takes into account the random distribution of the P and As near-neighbor anions of a given iron site. This distribution is a binomial distribution of the contributions to the spectra of each iron with n As near neighbors. A magnetostriction model has been used to characterize the temperature induced paramagnetic to ferromagnetic first-order phase transition and order parameters, ηF=2.6, 2.3, 2.0, 1.57, and 1.43 have been obtained for x=0.25, 0.35, 0.45, 0.50, and 0.55, respectively. A detailed phase diagram has been derived from the Mössbauer spectral analysis and reveals a magnetic triple point at x= ~0.35 and ~210 K. A model that takes into account the random binomial P and As distribution and the contribution from the iron and manganese magnetic sublattices yields excellent fits of the spectral components assigned to the ferromagnetic and incommensurate antiferromagnetic components for the x=0.25 and 0.35 compounds at all temperatures.

Department(s)
Chemistry
Keywords and Phrases
  • Ferromagnetic Material,
  • Iron,
  • Manganese,
  • Binomial Distribution,
  • Magnetism,
  • Mössbauer Spectroscopy,
  • Phase Transition,
  • Physical Model,
  • Randomization,
  • Temperature,
  • Anions
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2004 American Physical Society (APS), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
12-1-2004
Publication Date
01 Dec 2004
Disciplines
Citation Information
Raphäel P. Hermann, Ojied Tegus, Ekkehard H. Brück, K. H. J. Buschow, et al.. "Mössbauer Spectral Study of the Magnetocaloric FeMnP₁₋ₓAsₓ Compounds" Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics Vol. 70 Iss. 21 (2004) p. 1 - 9 ISSN: 1098-0121
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gary-long/236/