Sound propagation anomalies and phase diagram of chromium alloys |
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Authors: | A I Mitsek T V Golub |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Metal Physics, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, 252680 Kiev, Ukraine |
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Abstract: | Calculations of the complex elastic moduli Ĉ(T) in dilute Cr alloys are compared to measurements of the velocity and damping of sound near T
N and at high temperatures T>T
N (T
N — Néel temperature). The thermodynamic calculation is based on the covalent bond model of 3d ions in a state with different numbers n of covalent electrons. The parameters A
ij
(n)
of indirect exchange between the ions of the i and j sublattices are expressed in terms of the covalent bond energy Γ
ij
(n)
. The stability of the charge and spin density waves (CDWs and SDWs) is found by a variational method and is determined by
the dispersion of Γ
ij
(n)
and by the Coulomb parameters U
n. For a small structural vector Q the phase diagram contains a superantiferromagnetic phase (SAFM) at temperatures T
N<T≲2T
N. The peak of the defect |ΔE(T)| of the modulus and of the sound damping Δh(T
N) near the first-order SDW-SAFM transition is determined by the structure of the transitional domain. Measurements of the
anomalous growth of E(T) at temperatures T>T
N make it possible to determine the magnetostriction constants λ(T) of Ce alloys in the SAFM phase on the basis of the SAFM theory.
Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 41, 1467–1472 (August 1999) |
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