Mossbauer effect studies of Tb0.27Dy0.73(Fe1−𝑥Co𝑥)2 intermetallics at 295 K

[摘要] The synthesis of materials and the studies of crystal structure and 57Fe Mössbauer effect were performed for Tb0.27Dy0.73 (Fe1−𝑥Co𝑥)2 intermetallics. Terfenol-D (Tb0.27Dy0.73Fe2) is the starting compound of this Fe/Co-substituted series. X-ray measurements showed evidence of a pure cubic Laves phase C15, MgCu2-type, and unit cell parameters were determined across the series. A Co substitution introduced local area, at sub-nanoscale, with random Fe/Co neighbourhoods of the 57Fe atoms.Mössbauer effect spectra for the Tb0.27Dy0.73 (Fe1−𝑥Co𝑥)2 series at room temperature are composed of a number of locally originated subspectra due to the random distribution of Fe and Co atoms in the transition metal sublattice, and due to [1 1 1] an easy axis of magnetization. Isomer shift, magnetic hyperfine field and quadrupole interaction parameter were obtained from the spectra, both for the local area and for the bulk sample.As a result of Fe/Co substitution, a Slater–Pauling-type curve for the average magnetic hyperfine field vs. Co content was observed. It was found that the magnetic hyperfine fields corresponding to the local area also create a dependence of the Slater–Pauling-type vs. Co contribution in the Fe/Co neighbourhoods.

[学科分类] 物理（综合）

[关键词] Intermetallics;crystal structure;Laves phase;Mössbauer effect;hyperfine interaction;Slater–Pauling dependence;easy axis of magnetization.