ON THE NEW INTERSTITIAL RFE(10.5)MO(1.5)C(X) SERIES (R=RARE EARTH METAL) - SYNTHESIS AND MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES

Authors
SKOLOZDRA RV TOMEY E GIGNOUX D FRUCHART D SOUBEYROUX JL
Citation
Rv. Skolozdra et al., ON THE NEW INTERSTITIAL RFE(10.5)MO(1.5)C(X) SERIES (R=RARE EARTH METAL) - SYNTHESIS AND MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 139(1-2), 1995, pp. 65-76
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
03048853
Volume
139
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
65 - 76
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8853(1995)139:1-2<65:OTNIRS>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A new series of interstitial ThMn12-type carbides of the formula RFe(1 0.5)Mo(1.5)C(x) (R = rare earth) were prepared by sintering the starti ng intermetallic compounds with carbon powder at T = 873 K. The maximu m relative volume increase of the unit cell upon the carbon insertion ranges from 1.4% with Pr and Sm to 3.3% with Y, Ho and Er. Depending o n the R element and the amount of carbon, the Curie temperature increa ses from 65 to 140 K in comparison with the pure alloys. Whereas the a xial anisotropy is enhanced for the Nd, Tb, Dy and Ho, the easy magnet ization direction (EMD) changes from axial to easy plane for the Y, Gd and Er carbides.