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Magnetic properties of ErC: A Monte Carlo simulation study

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Magnetic properties of ferromagnetic sites have been studied using Monte Carlo simulations within the Ising model framework. The considered Hamiltonian includes first nearest-neighbor, an external magnetic field and a crystal field. The thermal magnetizations and magnetic susceptibilities have been computed for a fixed size. The critical temperatures have been deduced. The magnetization versus the exchange interactions and crystal field have been studied for a fixed system size, N = 4 sites (N refers to the number of sites in the z-direction.). The magnetic hysteresis cycle versus temperature has been established. The saturation magnetization and the coercive filed have been deduced. The magnetization versus the dilution x has been deduced for different values of the temperature and for a fixed size, N = 4 sites.

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  1. Laboratory of Materials, Processes, Environment and Quality, Cady Ayyed University, National School of Applied Sciences, BP 63, 46000, Sidi Bouzid, Safi, Morocco

    R. Masrour

  2. LMPHE (URAC 12), Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V-Agdal, Av. Ibn Batouta, BP 1014, Rabat, Morocco

    R. Masrour, L. Bahmad & A. Benyoussef

  3. Institut Néel, CNRS and Université Joseph Fourier, BP 166, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France

    E. K. Hlil

  4. Institute of Nanomaterial and Nanotechnologies, MAScIR, Rabat, Morocco

    M. Hamedoun & A. Benyoussef

  5. Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology, Rabat, Morocco

    A. Benyoussef

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Masrour, R., Bahmad, L., Hlil, E.K. et al. Magnetic properties of ErC: A Monte Carlo simulation study. Indian J Phys 89, 699–702 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-014-0641-0

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