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Structural and Magnetic Study of the Fe2Nb Alloy Obtained by Mechanical Alloying and Sintering

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A study was made of the structural and magnetic properties of the Fe2Nb alloy using X-ray diffraction, Mössbauer spectrometry at different temperatures, and ac susceptibility techniques. The alloy was obtained after 30 hours of milling in a high energy planetary mill and subsequently sintered at 700 K for 72 hours. The alloy is paramagnetic and presents the bcc-Fe and hcp-Fe2Nb structural phases, with a mean crystallite size of 75 and 91 nm, respectively. From the magnetic measurements, it was found that the Fe2Nb hexagonal structure exhibits: reentrant spin-glass behavior with a freezing temperature of 67 K, ferromagnetic and paramagnetic phases which coexist between 67 and 265 K, and paramagnetic behavior above 265 K.

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This work was financed by COLCIENCIAS (Colombian agency) and Universidad del Valle under contract No. 785-2008. This work was also supported by Colciencias and the Excellence Center for Novel Materials (ECNM) through contract RC-No. 275-2011.

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    G. Y. Vélez, G. A. Pérez Alcázar, Ligia E. Zamora & J. A. Tabares

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Vélez, G.Y., Pérez Alcázar, G.A., Zamora, L.E. et al. Structural and Magnetic Study of the Fe2Nb Alloy Obtained by Mechanical Alloying and Sintering. J Supercond Nov Magn 27, 1279–1283 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-013-2428-5

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