中国物理B ›› 2010, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (6): 67502-067502.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/19/6/067502

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Anomalous thermal expansion and spontaneous magnetostriction of Gd2Fe16Cr compound

郝延明1, 王芳1, 王薇2, 谭明3   

  1. (1)Department of Physics, College of Science, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300222, China; (2)Group of Physics, 19th Middle School of Tianjin, Tianjin 300020, China; (3)School of Chemistry and Environment, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing 100083, China
  • 收稿日期:2009-09-24 出版日期:2010-06-15 发布日期:2010-06-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.~50871074), and the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China (Grant No.~0200153).

Anomalous thermal expansion and spontaneous magnetostriction of Gd2Fe16Cr compound

Hao Yan-Ming(郝延明)a), Tan Ming(谭明)b), Wang Wei(王薇)c), and Wang Fang(王芳)a)   

  1. a Department of Physics, College of Science, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300222, China; b School of Chemistry and Environment, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing 100083, China; c Group of Physics, 19th Middle School of Tianjin, Tianjin 300020, China
  • Received:2009-09-24 Online:2010-06-15 Published:2010-06-15
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.~50871074), and the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China (Grant No.~0200153).

摘要: The structural and the magnetic properties of Gd2Fe16Cr compound are investigated by x-ray diffraction and magnetization measurements. The Gd2Fe16Cr compound has a rhombohedral Th2Zn_{17}-type structure. There exist an anisotropic strong spontaneous magnetostriction and a negative thermal expansion in the magnetic state of Gd2Fe16Cr compound. The average thermal expansion coefficient \bar {\alpha }=-7.03\times 10^{ - 6}/K in a temperature range of 294--454~K and \bar {\alpha }=-1.31\times 10^{ - 5}/K in 454--572~K are obtained. The spontaneous magnetostrictive deformation and the Curie temperature are discussed.

Abstract: The structural and the magnetic properties of Gd2Fe16Cr compound are investigated by x-ray diffraction and magnetization measurements. The Gd2Fe16Cr compound has a rhombohedral Th2Zn17-type structure. There exist an anisotropic strong spontaneous magnetostriction and a negative thermal expansion in the magnetic state of Gd2Fe16Cr compound. The average thermal expansion coefficient $\bar {\alpha }=-7.03\times 10^{ - 6}$/K in a temperature range of 294--454 K and $\bar {\alpha }=-1.31\times 10^{ - 5}$/K in 454--572 K are obtained. The spontaneous magnetostrictive deformation and the Curie temperature are discussed.

Key words: x-ray diffraction, intermetallic compound, negative thermal expansion, magnetostriction

中图分类号:  (Magnetomechanical effects, magnetostriction)

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65.40.De (Thermal expansion; thermomechanical effects) 75.60.Ej (Magnetization curves, hysteresis, Barkhausen and related effects) 75.30.Kz (Magnetic phase boundaries (including classical and quantum magnetic transitions, metamagnetism, etc.)) 62.20.F- (Deformation and plasticity) 61.66.Dk (Alloys )