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Chin. Phys. B, 2019, Vol. 28(8): 086101    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/28/8/086101
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Crystal structure and magnetic properties of disordered alloy ErGa3- xMnx

Cong Wang(王聪), Yong-Quan Guo(郭永权), Shuo-Wang Yang(杨硕望)
School of Energy Power and Mechanical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
Abstract  ErGa3-xMnx disordered alloy is successfully prepared by the vacuum arc melting technology, and the crystal structure and magnetic properties are investigated by using the x-ray diffraction and magnetic measurements. The Rietveld structural analysis indicates that the ErGa3-xMnx crystallizes into a cubic structure with space group of Pm3m in Mn doping range of x=0-0.1. However, the disordered alloy with structural formula of Er0.8Ga2I(Ga, Mn)0.4 as the second phase is separated from cubic phase for the samples with x=0.2 and 0.3, which is induced by substituting the (Ga, Mn)-(Ga, Mn) pair at 2e crystal position for the rare earth Er at 1a site. The lattice parameters tend to increase with Mn content increasing due to the size effect at Ga (1.30 Å) site by substituting Mn (1.40 Å) for Ga. The paramagnetic characteristic is observed by doping Mn into ErGa3 at room temperature. With Mn content increasing from x=0 to 0.1, the magnetic susceptibility χ tends to increase. This phenomenon can be due to the increase of effective potential induced by doping Mn into ErGa3. However, the magnetic susceptibility χ continues to decrease with the increase of Mn content in a range of x>0.2, which is due to the phase separation from the cubic Er(Ga, Mn)3 to the hexagonal Er0.8Ga2(Ga, Mn)0.4.
Keywords:  ErGa3-xMnx      Rietveld structure refinement      magnetic transport  
Received:  19 April 2019      Revised:  17 June 2019      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  61.05.cp (X-ray diffraction)  
  61.50.-f (Structure of bulk crystals)  
  63.50.Gh (Disordered crystalline alloys)  
  87.80.Lg (Magnetic and paramagnetic resonance)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11274110).
Corresponding Authors:  Yong-Quan Guo     E-mail:  yqguo@ncepu.edu.cn

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Cong Wang(王聪), Yong-Quan Guo(郭永权), Shuo-Wang Yang(杨硕望) Crystal structure and magnetic properties of disordered alloy ErGa3- xMnx 2019 Chin. Phys. B 28 086101

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