The Crystal Structure and Magnetic Property of Bi-Substituted Nd2Fe17-x-yTixSiy Intermetallic Compounds

Abstract

The synergetic effects of the substitution of Ti and Si for Fe on the crystallographic structure and magnetic properties of Nd2Fe17-x-yTixSiycompounds have been comprehensively investigated by means of x-ray diffraction, neutron diffraction and magnetic measurements. Rietveld refinements of the diffraction data indicate that all the samples crystallize in the rhombohedral Th2Zn17-type structure. For a given Ti content, thea-axis and the unit cell volumeVof Nd2Fe17-x-yTixSiydecrease linearly with increasing silicon content, while thec-axis behaves complicatedly dependent on different Ti content. The site occupancies of Ti and Si in the crystallographic sites significantly change compared to what is observed in the corresponding singly substituted compounds. TheTCof doubly substituted Nd2Fe16.5-yTi0.8Siyand Nd2Fe16.5-yTi0.5Siyis higher than that of singly substituted Nd2Fe16-ySiyfor a lower Si content while the converse behavior is observed for a higher Si content. For a given Ti content, theTCof Nd2Fe17-x-yTixSiycompounds increases with increasing Si content and theMsfirst increases and then decreases. TheMsof Nd2Fe17-x-yTixSiydecreases with the increase of Ti content.