Crystal field analysis of the magnetic properties of RFe11Ti and RFe11TiH （R=Sm, Tb, Ho）

The crystalline-electric-field parameters Anm for RFe11Ti and RFe11TiH （R=Sm, Tb, Ho） are evaluated by fitting calculations to the magnetization curves measured on the single crystals or on magnetically aligned powder samples at 4.2K and higher temperatures. Interstitial hydrogen atom in RFe11Ti has been found to have a significant effect on crystalline-electric-field parameters Anm. By using the parameters of exchange field 2μBHex estimated from inelastic neutron scattering experiments and the fitted Anm, the calculations can reproduce the experimental curves well.     

The anisotropy of Gd－Fe exchange interaction for Gd2Fe17 and Gd2Fe17H3

The magnetization curves along the crystal axes for Gd_2Fe_{17} and Gd_2Fe_{17}H_3 were analysed based on the single-ion model. If the Gd－Fe exchange interaction has been taken as isotropic as usual, the fitted values of magneto-crystalline anisotropy of the Fe sublattices in Gd_2Fe_{17} and Gd_2Fe_{17}H_3 would become unreasonably different from those of the corresponding Y or Lu compounds. It was shown that the large difference is caused by the neglect of the anisotropy of the Gd－Fe exchange interaction.