Temperature dependence of the Mössbauer spectra of amorphous and nanocrystallized Fe86Zr7Cu1B6

Mössbauer measurements have been performed on amorphous and nanocrystalline alloy ribbons of nominal composition Fe₈₆Zr₇Cu₁B₆. The nanocrystalline samples were obtained by annealing the as-quenched alloy at different temperatures in the range between 650 and 870 K. Mössbauer spectra of the as-quenched amorphous sample have been recorded at 77 K, room temperature and above the Curie temperature (330 K) at 360 K. We have also performed Mössbauer measurements at room temperature in the nanocrystalline alloys to characterize the phases that appear after the annealing and their relative concentration. The as-quenched sample spectra reveal the existence of two inequivalent sites for Fe. Such a feature is also observed in the remaining amorphous phase of the annealed samples. In the first steps of crystallization, -Fe precipitates and its concentration increases with the annealing temperature. The experimental results suggest that the composition of the whole amorphous phase does not suffer large changes during crystallization.     

Iron sites in greigite from the “Cypris series”

Results of the⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy of greigite from the greigite-rich horizon of the middle part of the miocene series (Sokolov Basin, North Bohemia) are reported. From the room-temperature transmission spectra of the powdered samples magnetically separated from claystones, the Mössbauer analyses were performed. Relative abundances of various magnetic and non-magnetic Fe²⁺ and Fe³⁺ species led to the identification of the two magnetic iron sites in greigite in accordance with its spinel structure having mutually near effective magnetic inductions of 32.1 and 31.3 T, respectively. In addition, three pyrrhotite and two magnetite magnetic sites plus probably two pyrite and/or arsenopyrite iron positions were identified, of which some have been reported in the literature as the greigite iron contributions.