Magnetic and mechanical effects of Mn substitutions in AlFe2B2

Autor: Cedervall, Johan, Andersson, Mikael S., Iusan, Diana, Delczeg-Czirjak, Erna K., Jansson, Ulf, Nordblad, Per, Sahlberg, Martin
Rok vydání: 2018
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2019.03.046
Popis: The mechanical and magnetic properties of the newly discovered MAB-phase class of materials based upon AlFe2B2 were investigated. The samples were synthesised from stoichiometric amounts of all constituent elements. X-ray diffraction shows that the main phase is orthorhombic with an elongated b-axis, similar to AlFe2B2. The low hardness and visual inspection of the samples after deformation indicate that these compounds are deformed via a delamination process. When substituting iron in AlFe2B2 with manganese, the magnetism in the system goes from being ferro- to antiferromagnetic via a disordered ferrimagnetic phase exhibited by AlFeMnB2. Density functional theory calculations indicate a weakening of the magnetic interactions among the transitions metal ions as iron is substituted by manganese in AlFe2B2. The Mn-Mn exchange interactions in AlMn2 B2 are found to be very small.
Databáze: arXiv