The Magnetic Properties of Solid Solutions (Y1–xNdX)3Al5O12

Authors

  • Elvira Nafizovna Rybina Author
  • Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bryzgalov Author
  • Lyudmila Moiseevna Svirskaya Author
  • Valeriy Viktorovich Viktorov Author
  • Petr Vyacheslavovich Volkov Author
  • Dmitry Evgenievich Zhivulin Author

Abstract

Samples of solid solutions (Y1–xNdx)3Al5O12 system obtained by directional crystallization are analyzed. The parameters of the lattice and the magnetic susceptibility of the crystals as function of the Nd3+ concentration are determined. Neodymium replaces yttrium and due to the proximity of the ionic radii of these elements there is no change in the lattice parameters of solid solutions. The magnetic susceptibility obeys the Curie’s law. It is suggested that there is an antiferromagnetic ordering of the cations closest f-f electrons within Nd3+ pairs of the nearest neighbors.

Author Biographies

  • Elvira Nafizovna Rybina
    Post-Graduate Student, General and Theoretical Physics Department
  • Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bryzgalov
    Dr. Sc. (Physics and Mathematics), Professor, General and Theoretical Physics Department
  • Lyudmila Moiseevna Svirskaya
    Cand. Sc (Physics and Mathematics), Associate Professor
  • Valeriy Viktorovich Viktorov
    Dr. Sc (Chemistry), Professor, General and Theoretical Physics Department
  • Petr Vyacheslavovich Volkov
    Post-Graduate Student, General and Theoretical Physics Department
  • Dmitry Evgenievich Zhivulin
    Post-Graduate Student, General and Theoretical Physics Department

Published

2013-04-05

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Short communications