X-ray studies of multicomponent Sm0.2(Tb,Y)0.8Fe2 alloys

Abstract

Abstract The multicomponent Sm0.2(Tb,Y)0.8Fe2 system was obtained by the arc melting method, in which atoms with a high magnetic moment of terbium are replaced by yttrium atoms that do not carry a noticeable magnetic moment. In this system, varying not only the composition, but also external factors (temperature, magnetic field, etc.), it is possible to influence competing exchange interactions and observe a number of unique phenomena, such as, for example, the phenomenon of magnetic compensation. Using the method of high-temperature and low-temperature X-ray diffraction, the phase composition and atomic-crystalline structure of the Sm0.2(Tb1-xYx)0.8Fe2 alloys (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1) were studied. The temperature dependences of the unit cell parameters were obtained in a wide temperature range from 80 to 700 K. Thermal expansion was investigated by strain-gauge method. The temperatures of magnetostructural phase transitions are determined, and a magnetic phase diagram is constructed.