Article
Second order phase transition temperature of single crystals of Gd5Si1.3Ge2.7 and Gd5Si1.4Ge2.6
Journal of Applied Physics
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Article
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Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2015
DOI
10.1063/1.4907190
Abstract
Gd5(Six Ge 1−x)4 has mixed phases in the composition range 0.32 < x < 0.41, which have not been widely studied. In this paper, we have synthesized and indexed single crystal samples of Gd5Si1.3 Ge 2.7 and Gd5Si1.4 Ge 2.6. We have investigated the first order and second orderphase transition temperatures of these samples using magnetic moment vs. temperature andmagnetic moment vs. magnetic field at different temperatures. We have used a modified Arrott plot technique that was developed and reported by us previously to determine the “hidden” second order phase transition temperature of the orthorhombic II phase.
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American Institute of Physics
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2015
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en
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Citation Information
Ravi L. Hadimani, Yevgen Melikhov, Deborah L. Schlagel, Thomas A. Lograsso, et al.. "Second order phase transition temperature of single crystals of Gd5Si1.3Ge2.7 and Gd5Si1.4Ge2.6" Journal of Applied Physics Vol. 117 Iss. 17 (2015) p. 17D106 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/thomas_lograsso/233/
The following article appeared in J. Appl. Phys. 117, 17D106 (2015) and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4907190.