• Title of article

    Neutron diffraction study of the PrRu1−xFexSi and NdRu1−xFexSi solid solutions.: First example of canted ferromagnetic structure in the CeFeSi-type compounds

  • Author/Authors

    R Welter، نويسنده , , Khalid Halich، نويسنده , , B Malaman، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    7
  • From page
    428
  • To page
    434
  • Abstract
    We report on powder neutron diffraction studies of both solid solutions PrRu1−xFexSi and NdRu1−xFexSi, which adopt the CeFeSi-type structure. All studied compounds order antiferromagnetically with a collinear antiferromagnetic structure which consists of ferromagnetic (0 0 1) R layers (with moments perpendicular to the layers, except for NdRu0.3Fe0.7Si with moment in the plane) antiferromagnetically coupled along the c-axis in the sequence + − − +. The NdRu0.3Fe0.7Si compound, which is characterized by spontaneous magnetization below 24 K, exhibits the first canted ferromagnetic structure (the ferromagnetic component is along the c-axis) characterized in the CeFeSi-type RTX compounds.
  • Keywords
    Magnetic structures , Neutron diffraction , Intermetallic compounds , Canted ferromagnetic structure , Solid solution
  • Journal title
    INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA
  • Record number

    1321640