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Magnetic Properties of a High Energy Ball-Milled Amorphous Gd_{5}Si_{1.8}Ge_{1.8}Sn_{0.4} Alloy
Published
Author(s)
Tiebang Zhang, Virgil Provenzano, Robert D. Shull, Y. G. Chen
Abstract
Amorphous Gd_{5}Si_{1.8}Ge_{1.8}Sn_{0.4} has been obtained with the help of a high-energy ball milling technique. XRD and DSC measurements confirm the amorphous nature of the milled alloy. The separation of FC and ZFC curves below the ferromagnetic transition temperature indicates a spin glass-like state in the amorphous alloy. Thermal hysteresis has been significantly reduced in the high energy ball-milled alloy compared with that of the crystalline one. For the amorphous Gd_{5}Si_{1.8}Ge_{1.8}Sn_{0.4}, magnetic phase transition takes place in a wide temperature span and RC value reaches around 495 J.kg^{-1}.
Zhang, T.
, Provenzano, V.
, Shull, R.
and Chen, Y.
(2004),
Magnetic Properties of a High Energy Ball-Milled Amorphous Gd_{5}Si_{1.8}Ge_{1.8}Sn_{0.4} Alloy, Solid State Communications, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=854071
(Accessed October 16, 2025)