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A structural, magnetic and Mössbauer spectral study of the magnetocaloric Mn1.1Fe0.9P1-xGex compounds
Sougrati, Moulay Tahar; Hermann, Raphaël; Grandjean, Fernande et al.
2008In Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20, p. 9
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Keywords :
Mössbauer Spectroscopy; magnetocaloric effect
Abstract :
[en] The structural, magnetic and Mössbauer spectral properties of the magnetocaloric Mn1.1Fe0.9P1−xGex compounds, with 0.19 < x < 0.26, have been measured between 4.2 and 295 K. The 295 K unit-cell volume increases from x = 0.19 to 0.22 and is substantially smaller in the ferromagnetic Mn1.1Fe0.9P0.74Ge0.26. The temperature dependence of the magnetization reveals a ferromagnetic to paramagnetic transition with a Curie temperature between approximately 250 and 330 K and hysteresis width of 10 to 4 K, for 0.19 < x < 0.25. The composition Mn1.1Fe0.9P0.78Ge0.22 shows the largest isothermal entropy change of approximately 10 J/(kgKT) at 290 K. The M¨ossbauer spectra have been analysed with a binomial distribution of hyperfine fields correlated with a change in isomer shift and quadrupole shift, a distribution that results from the distribution of phosphorus and germanium among the near neighbours of the iron. The coexistence of paramagnetic and magnetically ordered phases in ranges of temperature of up to 50 K around the Curie temperature is observed in the Mössbauer spectra and is associated with the first-order character of the ferromagnetic to paramagnetic transition. The temperature dependence of the weighted average hyperfine field is well fitted within the magnetostrictive model of Bean and Rodbell. Good fits of the Mössbauer spectra could only be achieved by introducing a difference between the isomer shifts in the paramagnetic and ferromagnetic phases, a difference that is related to the magnetostriction and electronic structure change.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Sougrati, Moulay Tahar ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Département de physique
Hermann, Raphaël ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Département de physique
Grandjean, Fernande ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Département de physique
Long, Gary J.
Brück, E.;  University of Amsterdam > Physics
Tegus, O.;  University of Amsterdam > Physics
Trung, N. T.;  University of Amsterdam > Physics
Buschow, K. H. J.;  University of Amsterdam > Physics
Language :
English
Title :
A structural, magnetic and Mössbauer spectral study of the magnetocaloric Mn1.1Fe0.9P1-xGex compounds
Alternative titles :
[en] Une étude magnétique et par spectrométrie Mössbauer des composés magnétocaloriques FeMnPGe
Publication date :
October 2008
Journal title :
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
ISSN :
0953-8984
eISSN :
1361-648X
Publisher :
Institute of Physics Publishing, United Kingdom
Volume :
20
Pages :
9
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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