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Magnetic properties of Fe nitrides have been reexamined by 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. Hyperfine magnetic fields for α″-Fe16N2, γ′-Fe4N, ε-Fe3N, ζ-Fe2N, NaCl-type FeN and ZnS-type FeN have been determined at various temperatures. Although α′-, γ″-, and ε-nitride are all ferromagnets, ζ-Fe2N is found to be an antiferromagnet below 9 K and ZnS-type FeN is non-magnetic at 4.2 K. Contrary to the ZnS-type FeN, the NaCl-type FeN is an antiferromagnet and shows a component with a surprisingly large hyperfine magnetic field of 49 T.
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Hinomura, T., Nasu, S. A study of Fe--N alloy systems. Hyperfine Interactions 111, 221–226 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012614019538
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012614019538