Structure and Magnetic Properties of Mechanosynthesized Nanocrystalline Fe2CrSi Heusler Alloy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Structural Studies
3.2. Mössbauer Spectroscopy Studies
3.3. Magnetic Measurements
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Milling Time [h] | δ [mm/s] | Bhf [T] | Δ [mm/s] | Γ [mm/s] | C [%] | χ2 | Component |
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1 | −0.001 (1) | 33.01 (1) | – | 0.138 (2) | 100 | 0.997 | sextet α-Fe |
2 | −0.006 (1) | 33.02 (1) | – | 0.141 (2) | 100 | 0.955 | sextet α-Fe |
5 | 0.158 (28) | – | 0.622 (26) | 0.257 (40) | 5.4 | doublet | |
−0.011 (2) | 32.96 (1) | – | 0.146 (3) | 94.6 | 0.808 | sextet α-Fe | |
10 | 0.225 (20) | – | 0.692 (19) | 0.358 (35) | 5.5 | doublet | |
−0.009 (3) | 32.94 (1) | – | 0.152 (2) | 94.5 | 1.222 | sextet α-Fe | |
20 | 0.183 (5) | – | 0.556 (6) | 0.325 (9) | 18.9 | doublet | |
−0.006 (5) | 33.01 (2) | – | 0.153 (3) | 51.5 | sextet α-Fe | ||
0.323 (9) | 9.07 (27) | – | 4.3 | sextet 1 | |||
0.277 (9) | 12.63 (27) | – | 1.5 | sextet 2 | |||
0.231 (9) | 16.19 (27) | – | 0.240 (25) 1 | 1.0 | 1.005 | sextet 3 | |
0.185 (9) | 19.75 (27) | – | 3.4 | sextet 4 | |||
0.139 (9) | 23.31 (27) | – | 6.0 | sextet 5 | |||
0.093 (9) | 26.86 (27) | – | 13.4 | sextet 6 |
T [°C] | δ [mm/s] | Bhf [T] | Δ [mm/s] | Γ [mm/s] | C [%] | χ2 | Component |
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300 | 0.172 (6) | – | 0.418 (8) | 0.317 (14) | 19.3 | doublet | |
0.007 (2) | 33.03 (1) | – | 0.137 (5) | 47.1 | 1.162 | sextet α-Fe | |
0.028 (11) | 29.24 (18) | – | 0.395 (45) | 23.1 | sextet 1 | ||
0.054 (25) | 14.11 (41) | – | 0.395 (45) | 0.5 | sextet 2 | ||
500 | −0.500 (24) | – | – | 0.183 (39) | 2.4 | singlet | |
0.214 (5) | – | 0.530 (5) | 0.230 (6) | 15.8 | doublet | ||
0.368 (15) | 46.20 (12) | – | 5.6 | 2.362 | sextet 1 | ||
0.056 (5) | 30.44 (6) | – | 0.334 (16) 1 | 38.3 | sextet 2 | ||
0.265 (7) | 18.77 (5) | – | 37.9 | sextet 3 | |||
700 | −0.238 (10) | – | – | 0.209 (14) | 13.6 | singlet | |
0.107 (11) | – | 0.320 (7) | 0.176 (12) | 9.8 | doublet | ||
0.217 (4) | 9.28 (14) | – | 13.6 | sextet 1 | |||
0.191 (4) | 11.95 (14) | – | 11.5 | sextet 2 | |||
0.163 (4) | 14.62 (14) | – | 12.4 | 0.834 | sextet 3 | ||
0.136 (4) | 17.29 (14) | – | 0.241 (15) 2 | 9.2 | sextet 4 | ||
0.109 (4) | 19.96 (14) | – | 8.4 | sextet 5 | |||
0.082 (4) | 22.64 (14) | – | 9.0 | sextet 6 | |||
0.055 (4) | 25.31 (14) | – | 7.9 | sextet 7 | |||
0.028 (4) | 27.97 (14) | – | 4.4 | sextet 8 |
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Jartych, E.; Jaskółowska, P.; Oleszak, D.; Pękała, M. Structure and Magnetic Properties of Mechanosynthesized Nanocrystalline Fe2CrSi Heusler Alloy. Nanomaterials 2023, 13, 3024. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13233024
Jartych E, Jaskółowska P, Oleszak D, Pękała M. Structure and Magnetic Properties of Mechanosynthesized Nanocrystalline Fe2CrSi Heusler Alloy. Nanomaterials. 2023; 13(23):3024. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13233024
Chicago/Turabian StyleJartych, Elżbieta, Paulina Jaskółowska, Dariusz Oleszak, and Marek Pękała. 2023. "Structure and Magnetic Properties of Mechanosynthesized Nanocrystalline Fe2CrSi Heusler Alloy" Nanomaterials 13, no. 23: 3024. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13233024