Magnetic and transport properties of Laves phase Dy1−xMmxCo2 (x = 0–0.5) alloys |
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| Authors: | G. Srinivas V. Sankaranarayanan S. Ramaprabhu |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Low Temperature Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India;2. Alternative Energy Technology Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India |
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| Abstract: | The influence of Mm substitution (Mm = mischmetal) on structural, transport and magnetic properties of (Dy1?xMmx)Co2 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5) alloys has been investigated by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), temperature dependent electrical resistivity (ρ(T)), ac susceptibility (χ(T)) and thermopower (S(T)). XRD patterns show the formation of solid solutions crystallizing with cubic Laves (C15) type structure at room temperature. The pronounced discontinuities in the resistivity and thermopower at Curie temperature (TC) are explained based on the suppression of the spin-fluctuation contribution. The gradual decrease in TC and sharpness of discontinuities in ρ(T) and S(T) with increasing Mm substitution has been discussed. |
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