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Magnetic and Chemical Order in Heusler Alloys Containing
Neodymium and Moiybdenum
N. A. Khalefa *
*( Physics Department, Al-Anbar University, )
ABSTRACT
Saturation magnetization X-ray and neutron diffraction measurements have been made on alloys at the
compositions Nd2MoCd’, Nd2MoZn’, Nd2MoCu, Nd2MoTi, Nd2MoAg, Nd2MoZr and NdMoZr. The alloys
containing Cu and Ag have fully ordered Heusler, L21, Chemical structure. Nd2MoCd is similarly ordered but
with some partial Mo-Cd disorder. The alloys Nd2MoZn and Nd2MoTi each contain a secondary phase in
addition to the primary Heusler phase Nd2MoZr contains the two phases Nd122MoZr and Nd and NdMoZr is
ordered in the Clb structure. The alloys containing the group IIIB or IVB elements Cd, Zn, Cu, Ti or Ag are
ferromagnetically ordered, with the magnetic moment associated with the ordered Nd sites. The two alloys
containing the group VB elements Zr have vacant chemically ordered ‘Nd’ sites but are paramagnetic.
Keywords - Neutron, Nd2MoCd, Heusler, IVB elements and VB elements.
I. INTRODUCTION
The HEUSLER alloys are group of ternary.
Intermetallic compounds fromed at the
stoichiometric composition X2YZ . With the doubly
ordered L21 type structure shown in Fig. 1.
Generally in most Heusler alloys X is a transition
metal Y is normally Mn and Z is a B sub-group such
Cd, Zn, Cu, Ti, Ag, In or Zr. In particular L21 alloys
occur in the series Cu2MnZ [1,3,4], Ni2MnZ [5,8,9],
Pd2MnZ [5,8-10], Au2MnZ [11, 12, 14], and
Co2MnZ [5, 6, 8, 13,18]. Investigations of their
magnetic properties have shown that in all but the
latter series the alloys have ordered magnetic
structure with moments of approximately 4 µβ on the
Mn site most of the alloys are ferromagnetic but
some anti-ferromagnetic structure have been
observed [7,8,10].
In the series Co2MnZ it was shown [18] that. In
addition to the moment on the Mn sites a substantial
moment also associated with the Co sites. This
results in an increase in the exchange interactions
and correspondingly higher Curie temperature. The
present work reports a similar investigation of the
chemical and magnetic structure of the Heusler
alloys series Co2TiZ and the Clb type alloys Nd Mo
Zr in which the former magnetic Mn atoms have
been replaced by Molybdenum atoms.
II. ORDER IN L21 AND CLB TYPE
ALLOYS
The unit cell illustrated in Fig 1. is comprised of
four interpenetrating f.c.c sublattices A,B,C,D. In
this structure Bragg reflections occur when the
miller indices are unmixed. This giverise to the
following three types of structure amplitude.
h, k, l add
F(111) = 4 [(fA-fC)2
+ (fB-fD)2
]1/2
h+k+l = 4n+2
F(200)= 4 [fA –fB+ fC- fD ] ……..(1)
h+k+l= 4n
F(220) = 4 [fA+fB+fC+fD]
Where fA,fB,fC and fD are the average scattering
factors for the A,B,C and D sites respectively.
Alloys at the composition Nd2MoI, ordered in
the L21 Heusler structure have the A and C sites
occupied by Nd atoms, the B sites occupied by Mo
atoms and the D sites occupied by the Z atoms, for
such alloys the structure amplitudes reduce to
F (111) = 4 [fMO - fZ]
F (200) = 4 [2fMO - fZ] ……….(2)
F (220) = 4 [2fMO+ (fMO-fZ)]
Reflections of the type (111) with h,k,l all odd and
these of type (200) with h,k,l all even and (h+k+l) =
(4n+2) are super-lattice reflections with intensities
dependent upon the state of order. The remaining
reflections of type (220) with h,k,l even and (h+k+l)
= 4n are order independent principal reflections.
Johnston and Hall [19] and Webster [20] discussed
in detail the determination of the state of order
internary alloys of this type from X-ray and neutron
diffraction measurements. If random disorder occurs
all the superlattice reflections are reduced in
intensity by the same factor S2, where S is a long-
range ordering parameter defined as in the binary
case i.e
RESEARCH ARTICLE OPEN ACCESS
S =
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Where C,Co and CD represent the numbers of atoms
located on their ordered sites in the existing states in
the fully ordered state, and in the randomly ordered
state respectively. However, if preferential
disordered occurs between certain sites only, the two
sets of super-lattice reflections are affected
differently. The preferential disordered may be
described in terms of an additional preferential
disordering parameter α. Although it is not in
general possible to define uniquely the state of long-
range order in a ternary compound using only these
two ordering parameters in practice provided the
preferential disorder is not too large and the
scattering factors differ sufficiently-graphs of F2
Vsα
often indicate that one solution is possible in this
series, Nd2MoZ, as in the series Co2MnZ only one
type of preferential disorder is observed, namely B2
type disorder between atoms of the B add D sites
only, in the alloys containing Neodymium in this
case α (Mo-Z) is defined as the fraction of Mo atoms
preferentially occupying D sites. In disorder of this
type of the even super-lattice lines are affected only
by any random disorder and are reduced in intensity
by the factor S2, whereas the odd super-lattice lines
are reduced by the factor (1-2a)2
S2
. When a=0.5
complete order exists between the Mo and Z atoms,
the two sites cease to be distinguishable, and the
structure reduces to the B2, CSCl type [29].
The small difference between the atoms
scattering factors of Nd and Mo and absorbing
correction, often permit only a qualitative indication
of the type of chemical order from X-ray data with
neutron absorption corrections are usually small and
essentially isotropic, and the scattering lengths of Nd
and Mo differ both in magnitude and in sign. This
normally permits on unequivocal quantitative
description of the chemical order to be made
especially when also supported by the X-ray data
[15].
In Clb type compounds, such as NdMoZr, the
problem of ordering is essentially that of quaternary
alloy containing three types of atom and one
vacancy orders on the four sites. A general solution
is again not possible but, providing the degree of
disorder is not large, the use of both X-ray and
neutron diffraction data usually enables a unique
description of the long-range order to be made. The
neutron diffraction Bragg peaks from ferromagnetic
materials contains both nuclear and magnetic
contributions. For unpolarised neutrons there is no
coherence between the nuclear and magnetic
scattering amplitudes and so the total structure factor
F is related to the nuclear and magnetic structure
factor Fn and Fm respectively by the equation
F2
= Fn2
+ q2
Fm2
Fn is obtained by substituting the appropriate
nuclear scattering lengths b02
in equation (2) and Fm
by substituting the appropriate magnetic scattering
length P where
P = 0.269 µf
µ is the atomic magnetic moment, in Bohr
magnetons, and f is the magnetic form factor. The
form factor used for Nd was that given by Nathans
and Paoletti [21, 27] q2 = sin2
ψ. Where ψ is the
angle between the magnetic and scattering vectors.
In cubic ferromagnetic materials q2
= 2/3 in zero
field, but may be reduced to zero by the application
of α saturating magnetic field along the scattering
vector. The application and removal of such a field
can be used to separate the nuclear and magnetic
structure factors, and hence to obtain details of the
chemical and magnetic structures.
III. EXPERIMENAL PROCEDURES
a) Alloys Preparation
Alloys were fabricated in the form of 30 g ingots
by melting together the appropriate quantities of
spectrographically pure elements in an Argon are
furnace specimens suitable for magnetic analysis
were cut from different parts of the ingots and
the remainders were crushed to provide power
samples for X-ray and neutron diffraction
analysis. The samples were sealed in evacuated
quartz ampoules homogenized at 2620
ᵒ
c for 24 hr
then quenched. The weigh losses recorded on
melting are show in (table 1).
b) Structure analysis
X-ray power diffraction photographs were taken
using a Philips camera with filtered Iron kα
radiation to minimize florescence Lattice
parameters were in agreement with those
expected from density measurements [30].
Preliminary assessments of the chemical
structures were made from visual estimates of the
line intensities. Quantitative information about
the chemical ordering and magnetic structure
was obtained from neutron diffraction power
measurements made at A.E.R.E Harwell [28].
The measurements were made using the
CURRAN diffractometer of wavelength 1.06 Aᵒ
from the DID0 reactor [17]. The powder samples
were enclosed in vanadium cans and neutron
diffraction patterns were obtained at 4.2ᵒ
k and at
room temperature. A superconducting magnetic
was employed to apply a horizontal magnetic
field at 7 KOe across the sample when necessary.
c) Magnetic analysis
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With the exception of NdMoZr all alloys were
ferromagnetic with Curie temperatures between
100 and 400ᵒ
k. Specimens for magnetic
investigation were shaped into rough ellipsoids
approximately 3.5mm long by 1.5mm dia. and
chemically polished to remove surface
contaminants Bulk magnetization measurements
were made using a suckssmith ring-balance and a
Foner vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM).
Calibrated against pure nickel using the data of
Crangle and Good Man [22]. Magnetic is-
othermals were measured in applied field up to
16 KOe at series of temperatures between 4.2
and 400ᵒ
k. demagnetization corrections were
estimated and subtracted. The spontaneous
magnetization oT was obtained from
extrapolation of 2
Vs H/ plots [23].
Extrapolation of the resulting spontaneous
magnetization curves to 0ᵒ
k was made using the
T3/2
law to give the saturation magnetization 00.
Paramagnetic susceptibilities were measured
using a sensitive sucksmith ring-balance
calibrated against pure palladium (ᵡpd = 5.23
✕10-6
e.m.u g-1
at 293ᵒ
k). Measurements were
made at several applied fields up to 15 KOe.
Nd2MoCd
Gladysevskij et al. [23] investigated an alloy at the
composition Nd2Mocd and concluded from X-ray
back reflection photographs that it had Heusler. L21
structure with a lattice parameter 5.847 A
ᵒ
.
An alloy was prepared at the compastion Nd2MoCd
its structural properties, together with those of other
alloys investigated in this series, are summarized in
Table 1. The magnetic properties of the alloys are
summarized in Table 2 and Fig. 2. Nd2MoCd is
ferromagnetic with a small moment and a Curie
temperature below room temperature. The nuclear
and magnetic structure factors, calculated from
neutron diffraction data collected above and below
the Curie temperature respectively at 293 and 4.2ᵒk,
are compared with theoretical values in Table 3. The
comparison of nuclear structure factors indicates that
Nd2MoCd is essentially ordered in the L21 structure
but with a small amount of preferential (Mo-Cd)
disorder. Corresponding to α(Mo-Cd) = 0.029, as
shown by the reduction in the ‘odd’ super-lattice
structure factors only. The magnetic structure factors
obtained by subtraction of the normalized room
temperature data from the 4.2ᵒ
k data agree well with
the structure factor calculated of the assumption that
the entire measured moment is associated with the
Nd sites.
Nd2MoZn
X-ray diffraction photographs taken of an
superlattice lines would have intensities of the order
of 10-4
that of the intensities of the principal lines.
The alloy was ferromagnetic with a curie
temperature 130ᵒ
k, as shown in Table 2 and Fig. 2.
The existence of a fully ordered Heusler structure
and the location of the alloy fabricated at the
composition Nd2MoZn indicated a polyphases
structure containing about 50 percent of a Heusler
phase with a lattice parameter 5.740ᵒ
A. the alloys
was ferromagnetic with curie temperature 375ᵒ
k
Nd2MoCu
Markiv et al. [24] reported, on the basis to X-ray
data that a Heusler alloy with a lattice parameter
5.848ᵒ
A could be made at the composition Nd2MoCu
An alloy was fabricated at the stoichiometric
composition; X-ray data indicated an L21 structure
with a lattice parameter 5.848ᵒ
A. The ‘odd’ super-
lattice lines were weak but visible but the ‘even’
superlattice lines could not be resolved. This is
consistent with, but not conclusive evidence of an
ordered Heusler structure for which the ‘even’
magnetic moments at the Nd sites are confirmed by
the room temperature and 4.2ᵒ
k neutron diffraction
data compared in Table 4.
Nd2MoTi
Gladysevskij et al. [23] concluded from X-ray back
reflection powder photographs that an alloy at
composition Nd2MoTi had the Heusler structure
with a lattice parameter 5.823ᵒ
A.
An alloy was prepared at the stoichiometric
composition. The ensuing X-ray photograph showed
a large proportion (about 80 percent) of Heusler
phase. The alloy was ferromagnetic with a Curie
temperature of 386ᵒ
k.
Nd2MoIn
Attempts were made to form an alloy at the
composition Nd2MoIn but they were unsuccessful
because did not enter into the solution.
Nd2MoAg
Gladyserskij et al. [23], reported from X-ray
observation a Heusler alloy at the composition
Nd2MoAg with a lattice parameter 6.059ᵒ
A. Fujita et
al [25], confirmed the X-ray structure and
investigated the bulk magnetic properties.
A single phase alloy was made at the composition
Nd2MoAg. The X-ray data was consistent with that
expected for a single phase Heusler structure with a
lattice parameter 6.073ᵒ
A. the alloy was strongly
ferromagnetic with a Curie temperature of 359ᵒ
k, as
indicated in Table 2 and Fig 2.
Neutron diffraction patterns were recorded at 4.2ᵒ
k
with and without a magnetic field to separate the
nuclear and magnetic contribution to the diffraction
peaks. The theatrical and measured structure factors
are compared in Table 5. The results confirm the
existence of a fully ordered Heusler structure with
magnetic moments associated with the Nd sites.
Nd2MoZr
An alloy was prepared at the stoichiometric
composition Nd2MoZr X-ray photographs indicated
a 2 phase system. The small amount of secondary
phase was indexed at f.c.c with a lattice parameter
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3.547ᵒ
A consistent with small regions of free Nd.
The principal phase had a f.c.c superlattice with a
lattice parameter 5.882ᵒ
A and line intensities
consistent with a structure intermediate between the
L21 and CLb structures and composition NdXMoZr.
The alloys was strongly ferromagnetic with a
saturation magnetization 27.2 e.m.u.g-1
, over the
temperature range 4.2-750 ᵒ
k the magnetization
decreased by only 10 percent, indicating a Curie
temperature in excess of 1000ᵒ
k commensurate with
that of free Neodymium. Assuming the moment of
the free Neodymium to be 1.716 µβ the amount of
free Neodymium was estimated to be 17 percent.
Identification of the primary phase from the neutron
diffraction data summarized in Table 6, is difficult
because of the relatively small scattering length of
Neodymium. The nuclear peaks are in sensitive in
the case of this particular compound NdxMoZr to
ordering intermediate of L21 and Clb (i.e 2>X>1).
The best fit was however obtained for x=12. A
comparison of the field on/off data showed no
moment associated with the principal phase.
NdMoZr
Gladysevskij et al. [23] reported from X-ray
investigation that NdMoZr had the Clb structure with
a lattice parameter 5.884
ᵒ
A. Terada et al. [26]
reported that the alloy was paramagnetic with
temperature independent susceptibility with a slight
field independence dependent upon previous heat-
treatment.
An alloy was prepared at stoichiometric composition
NdMoZr. The X-ray photographs indicated a single
phase structure with Clb ordering and a lattice
parameter of 5.884
ᵒ
A.
The magnetic results were consistent with a
temperature independent susceptibility of
1.9±0.3*10-6
e.m.u.g-1
together with a very small
ferromagnetic precipitate with magnetization
00=0.018±0.003 e.m.u.g-1
giving a slight field
dependence.
The neutron diffraction structure factors obtained at
4.2ᵒk compared in Table7 are consistent with an
alloy fully ordered in the Clb structure. There was no
indication of any second phase on the neutron
diffraction pattern.
IV. DISCUSSION
The chemical and magnetic ordering of these
alloys show marked similarities with those already
reported for the alloy series Nd2MoZ [18], except
that unlike the Mn, Mo carries no magnetic moment.
The chemical structure is very similar. In both series
the alloys containing Cd exhibit some B2 type
disorder, and alloys containing Zr have vacant ‘Nd’
sites. The series differ in that the alloys Nd2MnAg
and Nd2MoTi are single phase whereas the alloys
Nd2MoZn and Nd2MoTi are not. As in the Nd2MnZ
series alloys containing sub-group IVB elements
have smaller lattice parameters than those containing
adjacent IIIB elements and within each sub-group
the lattice- parameters increase with atomic number.
The magnetic properties depend upon the B sub-
group from which the element Z comes. As with the
Nd2MnZ series the highest Curie temperature and
largest moments are observed when Z is from group
IVB, and lowest when from group IIIB.
The Clb type alloys NdMoZr differs from the
Heusler alloys in that it contains only half the
number of Nd atoms. The alloy is paramagnetic with
the Nd atoms arranged on an f.c.c sub-lattice with
shortest Nd-Nd distances a/2~4.1Aᵒ
.
Whereas the Heusler alloys have their Nd atoms
ferromagnetically ordered on a sample cubic sub-
lattice with shortest Nd-Nd distances a/2~3Aᵒ
.
Fig. 1: The Heusler structure
Fig. 2: Spontaneous magnetization ᴼ s
temperature for Nd2MoCd, Nd2MoCu and Nd2MoAg
Table1. Details of alloys structure and preparation
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Alloys
Weight
loss (%)
Lattice
parameter
(Aᵒ
)
Structure
Nd2MoCd 0.2 5.848 L21+some B2
Nd2MoZn 0.8 5.704
50%
L21+polyphase
Nd2MoCu 0.7 5.845 L21
Nd2MoTi 0.3 5.831
80%
L21+polyphase
Nd2MoAg 0.5 6.073 L21
Nd2MoZr 1.0 5.882
85%
Co12MoZr+15%
Nd
NdMoZr 1.0 5.884 Clb
Table2. A summary of the principal magnetic
features of alloys Nd2MoCd, Nd2MoZn, Nd2MoCu,
Nd2MoTi, Nd2MoAg and NdMoZr.
Alloy
Curic
temp.
(kᵒ
)
00
(e.m.u.g-1
)
µ 00/mol
(µ B)
µ 00/Nd (µ
B) (from
neutron
diffraction)
Nd2MoCd 138±3 20.6 ± 0.6 0.71 ±
0.03
0.35 ± 0.1
Nd2MoZn 375 ± 4 31.4 ± 0.9 0.73 ±
0.03
0.37 ± 0.1
Nd2MoCu 130 ± 3 17.8 ± 0.5 0.75 ±
0.03
0.4 ± 0.1
Nd2MoTi 386 ± 4 41.6 ± 1.0 0.77 ±
0.03
0.45 ± 0.1
Nd2MoAg 359 ± 4 37.8 ± 1.0 1.93 ±
0.07
1.03 ± 0.1
NdMoZr 361 ± 4 39.8 ± 1.0 1.88 ±
0.06
1.05 ± 0.1
Table3. A comparison of the calculated and
observed neutron diffraction structure factor for
Nd2MoCd
hk1 L21
F2
Nuclear F2
magnetic
Calculated
𝛂(Mo-
Cd)=
0.029
observed
calculated
µ (Nd)
=(0.37) µ
B
Observed
111 0.477 0.433
0.433 ±
0.008
0
0.003 ±
0.01
200 0.242 0.245
0.235 ±
0.005
0.019
0.015 ±
0.008
220 0.263 0.260 (0.260) 0.013 (0.014)
311 0.478 0.423
0.414 ±
0.008
0
0.00 ±
0.01
222 0.249 0.245
0.236 ±
0.005
0.008
0.009 ±
0.008
Table4. A comparison of the calculated and
observed neutron diffraction structure factor for
Nd2MoZn
hk1
F2
Nuclear F2
magnetic
calculated
L21
observed
calculated
µ (Nd)
=(0.40) µ
B
Observed
111 1.124
1.143 ±
0.008
0
0.00 ±
0.01
200 0.014
0.014 ±
0.008
0.024
0.025 ±
0.008
220 0.774 (0.774) 0.018 (0.018)
311 0.124
1.111 ±
0.008
0
0.001 ±
0.01
222 0.014
0.015 ±
0.005
0.011
0.012 ±
0.008
Table5. A comparison of the calculated and
observed neutron diffraction structure factors for
Nd2MoAg.
hk1
F2
nuclear F2
magnetic
calculated
L21
observed
µ (Nd)
= 1.03
µ B
observed
111 0.903 0.870 0
0.006 ±
0.01
200 0.053 0.074 0.171
0.173 ±
0.01
220 0.593 (0.593) 0.131
0.147 ±
0.01
311 0.903
0.930 ±
0.01
0
0.00 ±
0.01
222 0.053
0.035 ±
0.01
0.085
0.080 ±
0.01
Table 6. A comparison of calculated and observed
neutron diffraction structure factor for Nd2MoZr
hk1
F2
nuclear calculated
observed
F2
magnetic
observed
L21,
Nd2MoZr
Nd1.2MoZr
111 0.774 0.814
0.807 ±
0.01
0 ± 0.01
200 0.090 0.010
0.009 ±
0.05
0 ± 0.005
220 0.490 0.250 (0.250) 0 ± 0.005
311 0.774 0.814
0.817 ±
0.01
0 ± 0.01
Table 7. A comparison of calculated and observed
neutron diffraction structure factor for NdMoZr
hk1 F2
Calculated Clb
F2
nuclear
observed
111 0.837 0.827 ± 0.01
200 0.003 0.009 ± 0.05
220 0.203 (0.203)
311 0.837 0.815 ± 0.01
222 0.003 0.007 ± 0.05
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Magnetic and Chemical Order in Heusler Alloys Containing Neodymium and Moiybdenum

  • 1. N. A. Khalefa Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Applications www.ijera.com ISSN: 2248-9622, Vol. 5, Issue 12, (Part - 4) December 2015, pp.137-142 www.ijera.com 137 | P a g e Magnetic and Chemical Order in Heusler Alloys Containing Neodymium and Moiybdenum N. A. Khalefa * *( Physics Department, Al-Anbar University, ) ABSTRACT Saturation magnetization X-ray and neutron diffraction measurements have been made on alloys at the compositions Nd2MoCd’, Nd2MoZn’, Nd2MoCu, Nd2MoTi, Nd2MoAg, Nd2MoZr and NdMoZr. The alloys containing Cu and Ag have fully ordered Heusler, L21, Chemical structure. Nd2MoCd is similarly ordered but with some partial Mo-Cd disorder. The alloys Nd2MoZn and Nd2MoTi each contain a secondary phase in addition to the primary Heusler phase Nd2MoZr contains the two phases Nd122MoZr and Nd and NdMoZr is ordered in the Clb structure. The alloys containing the group IIIB or IVB elements Cd, Zn, Cu, Ti or Ag are ferromagnetically ordered, with the magnetic moment associated with the ordered Nd sites. The two alloys containing the group VB elements Zr have vacant chemically ordered ‘Nd’ sites but are paramagnetic. Keywords - Neutron, Nd2MoCd, Heusler, IVB elements and VB elements. I. INTRODUCTION The HEUSLER alloys are group of ternary. Intermetallic compounds fromed at the stoichiometric composition X2YZ . With the doubly ordered L21 type structure shown in Fig. 1. Generally in most Heusler alloys X is a transition metal Y is normally Mn and Z is a B sub-group such Cd, Zn, Cu, Ti, Ag, In or Zr. In particular L21 alloys occur in the series Cu2MnZ [1,3,4], Ni2MnZ [5,8,9], Pd2MnZ [5,8-10], Au2MnZ [11, 12, 14], and Co2MnZ [5, 6, 8, 13,18]. Investigations of their magnetic properties have shown that in all but the latter series the alloys have ordered magnetic structure with moments of approximately 4 µβ on the Mn site most of the alloys are ferromagnetic but some anti-ferromagnetic structure have been observed [7,8,10]. In the series Co2MnZ it was shown [18] that. In addition to the moment on the Mn sites a substantial moment also associated with the Co sites. This results in an increase in the exchange interactions and correspondingly higher Curie temperature. The present work reports a similar investigation of the chemical and magnetic structure of the Heusler alloys series Co2TiZ and the Clb type alloys Nd Mo Zr in which the former magnetic Mn atoms have been replaced by Molybdenum atoms. II. ORDER IN L21 AND CLB TYPE ALLOYS The unit cell illustrated in Fig 1. is comprised of four interpenetrating f.c.c sublattices A,B,C,D. In this structure Bragg reflections occur when the miller indices are unmixed. This giverise to the following three types of structure amplitude. h, k, l add F(111) = 4 [(fA-fC)2 + (fB-fD)2 ]1/2 h+k+l = 4n+2 F(200)= 4 [fA –fB+ fC- fD ] ……..(1) h+k+l= 4n F(220) = 4 [fA+fB+fC+fD] Where fA,fB,fC and fD are the average scattering factors for the A,B,C and D sites respectively. Alloys at the composition Nd2MoI, ordered in the L21 Heusler structure have the A and C sites occupied by Nd atoms, the B sites occupied by Mo atoms and the D sites occupied by the Z atoms, for such alloys the structure amplitudes reduce to F (111) = 4 [fMO - fZ] F (200) = 4 [2fMO - fZ] ……….(2) F (220) = 4 [2fMO+ (fMO-fZ)] Reflections of the type (111) with h,k,l all odd and these of type (200) with h,k,l all even and (h+k+l) = (4n+2) are super-lattice reflections with intensities dependent upon the state of order. The remaining reflections of type (220) with h,k,l even and (h+k+l) = 4n are order independent principal reflections. Johnston and Hall [19] and Webster [20] discussed in detail the determination of the state of order internary alloys of this type from X-ray and neutron diffraction measurements. If random disorder occurs all the superlattice reflections are reduced in intensity by the same factor S2, where S is a long- range ordering parameter defined as in the binary case i.e RESEARCH ARTICLE OPEN ACCESS S =
  • 2. N. A. Khalefa Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Applications www.ijera.com ISSN: 2248-9622, Vol. 5, Issue 12, (Part - 4) December 2015, pp.137-142 www.ijera.com 138 | P a g e Where C,Co and CD represent the numbers of atoms located on their ordered sites in the existing states in the fully ordered state, and in the randomly ordered state respectively. However, if preferential disordered occurs between certain sites only, the two sets of super-lattice reflections are affected differently. The preferential disordered may be described in terms of an additional preferential disordering parameter α. Although it is not in general possible to define uniquely the state of long- range order in a ternary compound using only these two ordering parameters in practice provided the preferential disorder is not too large and the scattering factors differ sufficiently-graphs of F2 Vsα often indicate that one solution is possible in this series, Nd2MoZ, as in the series Co2MnZ only one type of preferential disorder is observed, namely B2 type disorder between atoms of the B add D sites only, in the alloys containing Neodymium in this case α (Mo-Z) is defined as the fraction of Mo atoms preferentially occupying D sites. In disorder of this type of the even super-lattice lines are affected only by any random disorder and are reduced in intensity by the factor S2, whereas the odd super-lattice lines are reduced by the factor (1-2a)2 S2 . When a=0.5 complete order exists between the Mo and Z atoms, the two sites cease to be distinguishable, and the structure reduces to the B2, CSCl type [29]. The small difference between the atoms scattering factors of Nd and Mo and absorbing correction, often permit only a qualitative indication of the type of chemical order from X-ray data with neutron absorption corrections are usually small and essentially isotropic, and the scattering lengths of Nd and Mo differ both in magnitude and in sign. This normally permits on unequivocal quantitative description of the chemical order to be made especially when also supported by the X-ray data [15]. In Clb type compounds, such as NdMoZr, the problem of ordering is essentially that of quaternary alloy containing three types of atom and one vacancy orders on the four sites. A general solution is again not possible but, providing the degree of disorder is not large, the use of both X-ray and neutron diffraction data usually enables a unique description of the long-range order to be made. The neutron diffraction Bragg peaks from ferromagnetic materials contains both nuclear and magnetic contributions. For unpolarised neutrons there is no coherence between the nuclear and magnetic scattering amplitudes and so the total structure factor F is related to the nuclear and magnetic structure factor Fn and Fm respectively by the equation F2 = Fn2 + q2 Fm2 Fn is obtained by substituting the appropriate nuclear scattering lengths b02 in equation (2) and Fm by substituting the appropriate magnetic scattering length P where P = 0.269 µf µ is the atomic magnetic moment, in Bohr magnetons, and f is the magnetic form factor. The form factor used for Nd was that given by Nathans and Paoletti [21, 27] q2 = sin2 ψ. Where ψ is the angle between the magnetic and scattering vectors. In cubic ferromagnetic materials q2 = 2/3 in zero field, but may be reduced to zero by the application of α saturating magnetic field along the scattering vector. The application and removal of such a field can be used to separate the nuclear and magnetic structure factors, and hence to obtain details of the chemical and magnetic structures. III. EXPERIMENAL PROCEDURES a) Alloys Preparation Alloys were fabricated in the form of 30 g ingots by melting together the appropriate quantities of spectrographically pure elements in an Argon are furnace specimens suitable for magnetic analysis were cut from different parts of the ingots and the remainders were crushed to provide power samples for X-ray and neutron diffraction analysis. The samples were sealed in evacuated quartz ampoules homogenized at 2620 ᵒ c for 24 hr then quenched. The weigh losses recorded on melting are show in (table 1). b) Structure analysis X-ray power diffraction photographs were taken using a Philips camera with filtered Iron kα radiation to minimize florescence Lattice parameters were in agreement with those expected from density measurements [30]. Preliminary assessments of the chemical structures were made from visual estimates of the line intensities. Quantitative information about the chemical ordering and magnetic structure was obtained from neutron diffraction power measurements made at A.E.R.E Harwell [28]. The measurements were made using the CURRAN diffractometer of wavelength 1.06 Aᵒ from the DID0 reactor [17]. The powder samples were enclosed in vanadium cans and neutron diffraction patterns were obtained at 4.2ᵒ k and at room temperature. A superconducting magnetic was employed to apply a horizontal magnetic field at 7 KOe across the sample when necessary. c) Magnetic analysis
  • 3. N. A. Khalefa Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Applications www.ijera.com ISSN: 2248-9622, Vol. 5, Issue 12, (Part - 4) December 2015, pp.137-142 www.ijera.com 139 | P a g e With the exception of NdMoZr all alloys were ferromagnetic with Curie temperatures between 100 and 400ᵒ k. Specimens for magnetic investigation were shaped into rough ellipsoids approximately 3.5mm long by 1.5mm dia. and chemically polished to remove surface contaminants Bulk magnetization measurements were made using a suckssmith ring-balance and a Foner vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). Calibrated against pure nickel using the data of Crangle and Good Man [22]. Magnetic is- othermals were measured in applied field up to 16 KOe at series of temperatures between 4.2 and 400ᵒ k. demagnetization corrections were estimated and subtracted. The spontaneous magnetization oT was obtained from extrapolation of 2 Vs H/ plots [23]. Extrapolation of the resulting spontaneous magnetization curves to 0ᵒ k was made using the T3/2 law to give the saturation magnetization 00. Paramagnetic susceptibilities were measured using a sensitive sucksmith ring-balance calibrated against pure palladium (ᵡpd = 5.23 ✕10-6 e.m.u g-1 at 293ᵒ k). Measurements were made at several applied fields up to 15 KOe. Nd2MoCd Gladysevskij et al. [23] investigated an alloy at the composition Nd2Mocd and concluded from X-ray back reflection photographs that it had Heusler. L21 structure with a lattice parameter 5.847 A ᵒ . An alloy was prepared at the compastion Nd2MoCd its structural properties, together with those of other alloys investigated in this series, are summarized in Table 1. The magnetic properties of the alloys are summarized in Table 2 and Fig. 2. Nd2MoCd is ferromagnetic with a small moment and a Curie temperature below room temperature. The nuclear and magnetic structure factors, calculated from neutron diffraction data collected above and below the Curie temperature respectively at 293 and 4.2ᵒk, are compared with theoretical values in Table 3. The comparison of nuclear structure factors indicates that Nd2MoCd is essentially ordered in the L21 structure but with a small amount of preferential (Mo-Cd) disorder. Corresponding to α(Mo-Cd) = 0.029, as shown by the reduction in the ‘odd’ super-lattice structure factors only. The magnetic structure factors obtained by subtraction of the normalized room temperature data from the 4.2ᵒ k data agree well with the structure factor calculated of the assumption that the entire measured moment is associated with the Nd sites. Nd2MoZn X-ray diffraction photographs taken of an superlattice lines would have intensities of the order of 10-4 that of the intensities of the principal lines. The alloy was ferromagnetic with a curie temperature 130ᵒ k, as shown in Table 2 and Fig. 2. The existence of a fully ordered Heusler structure and the location of the alloy fabricated at the composition Nd2MoZn indicated a polyphases structure containing about 50 percent of a Heusler phase with a lattice parameter 5.740ᵒ A. the alloys was ferromagnetic with curie temperature 375ᵒ k Nd2MoCu Markiv et al. [24] reported, on the basis to X-ray data that a Heusler alloy with a lattice parameter 5.848ᵒ A could be made at the composition Nd2MoCu An alloy was fabricated at the stoichiometric composition; X-ray data indicated an L21 structure with a lattice parameter 5.848ᵒ A. The ‘odd’ super- lattice lines were weak but visible but the ‘even’ superlattice lines could not be resolved. This is consistent with, but not conclusive evidence of an ordered Heusler structure for which the ‘even’ magnetic moments at the Nd sites are confirmed by the room temperature and 4.2ᵒ k neutron diffraction data compared in Table 4. Nd2MoTi Gladysevskij et al. [23] concluded from X-ray back reflection powder photographs that an alloy at composition Nd2MoTi had the Heusler structure with a lattice parameter 5.823ᵒ A. An alloy was prepared at the stoichiometric composition. The ensuing X-ray photograph showed a large proportion (about 80 percent) of Heusler phase. The alloy was ferromagnetic with a Curie temperature of 386ᵒ k. Nd2MoIn Attempts were made to form an alloy at the composition Nd2MoIn but they were unsuccessful because did not enter into the solution. Nd2MoAg Gladyserskij et al. [23], reported from X-ray observation a Heusler alloy at the composition Nd2MoAg with a lattice parameter 6.059ᵒ A. Fujita et al [25], confirmed the X-ray structure and investigated the bulk magnetic properties. A single phase alloy was made at the composition Nd2MoAg. The X-ray data was consistent with that expected for a single phase Heusler structure with a lattice parameter 6.073ᵒ A. the alloy was strongly ferromagnetic with a Curie temperature of 359ᵒ k, as indicated in Table 2 and Fig 2. Neutron diffraction patterns were recorded at 4.2ᵒ k with and without a magnetic field to separate the nuclear and magnetic contribution to the diffraction peaks. The theatrical and measured structure factors are compared in Table 5. The results confirm the existence of a fully ordered Heusler structure with magnetic moments associated with the Nd sites. Nd2MoZr An alloy was prepared at the stoichiometric composition Nd2MoZr X-ray photographs indicated a 2 phase system. The small amount of secondary phase was indexed at f.c.c with a lattice parameter
  • 4. N. A. Khalefa Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Applications www.ijera.com ISSN: 2248-9622, Vol. 5, Issue 12, (Part - 4) December 2015, pp.137-142 www.ijera.com 140 | P a g e 3.547ᵒ A consistent with small regions of free Nd. The principal phase had a f.c.c superlattice with a lattice parameter 5.882ᵒ A and line intensities consistent with a structure intermediate between the L21 and CLb structures and composition NdXMoZr. The alloys was strongly ferromagnetic with a saturation magnetization 27.2 e.m.u.g-1 , over the temperature range 4.2-750 ᵒ k the magnetization decreased by only 10 percent, indicating a Curie temperature in excess of 1000ᵒ k commensurate with that of free Neodymium. Assuming the moment of the free Neodymium to be 1.716 µβ the amount of free Neodymium was estimated to be 17 percent. Identification of the primary phase from the neutron diffraction data summarized in Table 6, is difficult because of the relatively small scattering length of Neodymium. The nuclear peaks are in sensitive in the case of this particular compound NdxMoZr to ordering intermediate of L21 and Clb (i.e 2>X>1). The best fit was however obtained for x=12. A comparison of the field on/off data showed no moment associated with the principal phase. NdMoZr Gladysevskij et al. [23] reported from X-ray investigation that NdMoZr had the Clb structure with a lattice parameter 5.884 ᵒ A. Terada et al. [26] reported that the alloy was paramagnetic with temperature independent susceptibility with a slight field independence dependent upon previous heat- treatment. An alloy was prepared at stoichiometric composition NdMoZr. The X-ray photographs indicated a single phase structure with Clb ordering and a lattice parameter of 5.884 ᵒ A. The magnetic results were consistent with a temperature independent susceptibility of 1.9±0.3*10-6 e.m.u.g-1 together with a very small ferromagnetic precipitate with magnetization 00=0.018±0.003 e.m.u.g-1 giving a slight field dependence. The neutron diffraction structure factors obtained at 4.2ᵒk compared in Table7 are consistent with an alloy fully ordered in the Clb structure. There was no indication of any second phase on the neutron diffraction pattern. IV. DISCUSSION The chemical and magnetic ordering of these alloys show marked similarities with those already reported for the alloy series Nd2MoZ [18], except that unlike the Mn, Mo carries no magnetic moment. The chemical structure is very similar. In both series the alloys containing Cd exhibit some B2 type disorder, and alloys containing Zr have vacant ‘Nd’ sites. The series differ in that the alloys Nd2MnAg and Nd2MoTi are single phase whereas the alloys Nd2MoZn and Nd2MoTi are not. As in the Nd2MnZ series alloys containing sub-group IVB elements have smaller lattice parameters than those containing adjacent IIIB elements and within each sub-group the lattice- parameters increase with atomic number. The magnetic properties depend upon the B sub- group from which the element Z comes. As with the Nd2MnZ series the highest Curie temperature and largest moments are observed when Z is from group IVB, and lowest when from group IIIB. The Clb type alloys NdMoZr differs from the Heusler alloys in that it contains only half the number of Nd atoms. The alloy is paramagnetic with the Nd atoms arranged on an f.c.c sub-lattice with shortest Nd-Nd distances a/2~4.1Aᵒ . Whereas the Heusler alloys have their Nd atoms ferromagnetically ordered on a sample cubic sub- lattice with shortest Nd-Nd distances a/2~3Aᵒ . Fig. 1: The Heusler structure Fig. 2: Spontaneous magnetization ᴼ s temperature for Nd2MoCd, Nd2MoCu and Nd2MoAg Table1. Details of alloys structure and preparation
  • 5. N. A. Khalefa Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Applications www.ijera.com ISSN: 2248-9622, Vol. 5, Issue 12, (Part - 4) December 2015, pp.137-142 www.ijera.com 141 | P a g e Alloys Weight loss (%) Lattice parameter (Aᵒ ) Structure Nd2MoCd 0.2 5.848 L21+some B2 Nd2MoZn 0.8 5.704 50% L21+polyphase Nd2MoCu 0.7 5.845 L21 Nd2MoTi 0.3 5.831 80% L21+polyphase Nd2MoAg 0.5 6.073 L21 Nd2MoZr 1.0 5.882 85% Co12MoZr+15% Nd NdMoZr 1.0 5.884 Clb Table2. A summary of the principal magnetic features of alloys Nd2MoCd, Nd2MoZn, Nd2MoCu, Nd2MoTi, Nd2MoAg and NdMoZr. Alloy Curic temp. (kᵒ ) 00 (e.m.u.g-1 ) µ 00/mol (µ B) µ 00/Nd (µ B) (from neutron diffraction) Nd2MoCd 138±3 20.6 ± 0.6 0.71 ± 0.03 0.35 ± 0.1 Nd2MoZn 375 ± 4 31.4 ± 0.9 0.73 ± 0.03 0.37 ± 0.1 Nd2MoCu 130 ± 3 17.8 ± 0.5 0.75 ± 0.03 0.4 ± 0.1 Nd2MoTi 386 ± 4 41.6 ± 1.0 0.77 ± 0.03 0.45 ± 0.1 Nd2MoAg 359 ± 4 37.8 ± 1.0 1.93 ± 0.07 1.03 ± 0.1 NdMoZr 361 ± 4 39.8 ± 1.0 1.88 ± 0.06 1.05 ± 0.1 Table3. A comparison of the calculated and observed neutron diffraction structure factor for Nd2MoCd hk1 L21 F2 Nuclear F2 magnetic Calculated 𝛂(Mo- Cd)= 0.029 observed calculated µ (Nd) =(0.37) µ B Observed 111 0.477 0.433 0.433 ± 0.008 0 0.003 ± 0.01 200 0.242 0.245 0.235 ± 0.005 0.019 0.015 ± 0.008 220 0.263 0.260 (0.260) 0.013 (0.014) 311 0.478 0.423 0.414 ± 0.008 0 0.00 ± 0.01 222 0.249 0.245 0.236 ± 0.005 0.008 0.009 ± 0.008 Table4. A comparison of the calculated and observed neutron diffraction structure factor for Nd2MoZn hk1 F2 Nuclear F2 magnetic calculated L21 observed calculated µ (Nd) =(0.40) µ B Observed 111 1.124 1.143 ± 0.008 0 0.00 ± 0.01 200 0.014 0.014 ± 0.008 0.024 0.025 ± 0.008 220 0.774 (0.774) 0.018 (0.018) 311 0.124 1.111 ± 0.008 0 0.001 ± 0.01 222 0.014 0.015 ± 0.005 0.011 0.012 ± 0.008 Table5. A comparison of the calculated and observed neutron diffraction structure factors for Nd2MoAg. hk1 F2 nuclear F2 magnetic calculated L21 observed µ (Nd) = 1.03 µ B observed 111 0.903 0.870 0 0.006 ± 0.01 200 0.053 0.074 0.171 0.173 ± 0.01 220 0.593 (0.593) 0.131 0.147 ± 0.01 311 0.903 0.930 ± 0.01 0 0.00 ± 0.01 222 0.053 0.035 ± 0.01 0.085 0.080 ± 0.01 Table 6. A comparison of calculated and observed neutron diffraction structure factor for Nd2MoZr hk1 F2 nuclear calculated observed F2 magnetic observed L21, Nd2MoZr Nd1.2MoZr 111 0.774 0.814 0.807 ± 0.01 0 ± 0.01 200 0.090 0.010 0.009 ± 0.05 0 ± 0.005 220 0.490 0.250 (0.250) 0 ± 0.005 311 0.774 0.814 0.817 ± 0.01 0 ± 0.01 Table 7. A comparison of calculated and observed neutron diffraction structure factor for NdMoZr hk1 F2 Calculated Clb F2 nuclear observed 111 0.837 0.827 ± 0.01 200 0.003 0.009 ± 0.05 220 0.203 (0.203) 311 0.837 0.815 ± 0.01 222 0.003 0.007 ± 0.05
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