T. Kamimori et al., PREFERENTIAL SITE OCCUPATION OF M ATOMS AND THE CURIE-TEMPERATURE IN Y2FE17-XMX (M = AL, SI, GA), Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 177, 1998, pp. 1119-1120
The Curie temperature, lattice parameters and the Fe-57 Mossbauer spec
tra were studied on Y2Fe17-xMx, where M = Al(0 less than or equal to x
less than or equal to ), Si(0 less than or equal to x less than or eq
ual to 3.5) and Ga(0 less than or equal to x less than or equal to 11)
. The analysis of Mossbauer spectrum shows the preferential site occup
ation of M atoms. The preference has little dependence on M. The behav
ior of the Curie temperature is closely related not to the lattice dim
ension but to the preferential site occupation of M. (C) 1998 Elsevier
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