TY - JOUR
T1 - Structural and magnetic properties of the Fe0.7- xSi0.3Cox alloy system
AU - Al-Omari, I. A.
AU - Rais, A.
N1 - Funding Information:
I.A. Al-Omari is grateful to Sultan Qaboos University for the support provided to perform this study under the research grants, numbers IG/SCI/PHYS/03/03 and IG/SCI/PHYS/04/02.
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - In this paper we present magnetic and structural studies for the alloy system Fe0.7-xSi0.3Cox, where 0≤x≤0.3. The structural characteristics of the alloys were evaluated using X-ray diffraction and the existence of the single cubic phase was confirmed from the diffraction patterns. The lattice constant was found to depend on the Co concentration with a slight decrease with increasing the concentration, x. The magnetic measurements were performed by using a vibrating sample magnetometer with a maximum field of 13.5 kOe, at temperatures between 77 and 1000 K. The results for all the samples show ferromagnetic behavior up to Curie temperature. The saturation magnetization at low temperatures was found to increase with increasing Co concentration, reaching a maximum at x=0.2 then decreases for x=0.3. The Curie temperature was found to increase from 690 K for x=0 to 972 K for x=0.3.
AB - In this paper we present magnetic and structural studies for the alloy system Fe0.7-xSi0.3Cox, where 0≤x≤0.3. The structural characteristics of the alloys were evaluated using X-ray diffraction and the existence of the single cubic phase was confirmed from the diffraction patterns. The lattice constant was found to depend on the Co concentration with a slight decrease with increasing the concentration, x. The magnetic measurements were performed by using a vibrating sample magnetometer with a maximum field of 13.5 kOe, at temperatures between 77 and 1000 K. The results for all the samples show ferromagnetic behavior up to Curie temperature. The saturation magnetization at low temperatures was found to increase with increasing Co concentration, reaching a maximum at x=0.2 then decreases for x=0.3. The Curie temperature was found to increase from 690 K for x=0 to 972 K for x=0.3.
KW - Curie temperature
KW - Lattice constant
KW - Magnetic moment
KW - Saturation magnetization
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jmmm.2005.05.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jmmm.2005.05.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:27944436665
SN - 0304-8853
VL - 299
SP - 430
EP - 434
JO - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
JF - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
IS - 2
ER -