Propriedades estruturais e magnéticas de compostos intermetálicos contendo terras raras

Detalhes bibliográficos
Ano de defesa: 2016
Autor(a) principal: Mercena, Samuel Gomes de lattes
Orientador(a): Duque, José Gerivaldo dos Santos
Banca de defesa: Não Informado pela instituição
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
Idioma: por
Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Programa de Pós-Graduação: Pós-Graduação em Física
Departamento: Não Informado pela instituição
País: Brasil
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Link de acesso: https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/5372
Resumo: In this work, structural and magnetic properties of TRNi3Al9 (with TR=Er e Tb) and Er(Ni1−xCux)3Al9 intermetallic compounds are investigated. Single crystal samples were grown by the flux method which was efficient once we obtained single crystals with good quality for Er−Ni−Al, Tb−Ni−AL e Er−Ni−Cu−Al systems. The structural and magnetic characterizations of the samples were performed by the X-ray diffraction measurements and magnetic susceptibility measurements as a function of temperature and applied magnetic field, respectively. The analysis of X-ray diffraction results carried out via the Rietveld method for the TRNi3Al9 (with TR=Er e Tb) system show the formation of a single phase with crystal structure of type ErNi3Al9 which has trigonal symmetry belonging to the space group R32. In this particular case, the magnetization measurements as a function of temperature and magnetic field reveal the presence of a strong magnetic anisotropy due likely to crystal electric field (CEF) effects. In order to study the influence of the CEF on the physical properties of samples we have fitted the experimental data through a mean-field model. Moreover, the analysis of X-ray diffraction measurements allied to Rietveld refinement for Er(Ni1−xCux)3Al9 compounds shows a change of crystal symmetry from trigonal to tetragonal, as a function of the Cu concentration. However, the magnetic susceptibility measurements as a function of temperature show no significant changes in Néel temperature (TN) of compounds.