Investigation of Critical Behavior in Gd75Ge15Si5Ce5 Alloy |
| P. Gębaraa and M. Hasiak b
aInstitute of Physics, Częstochowa Universtity of Technology, al. Armii Krajowej 19, 42-200 Częstochowa, Poland bDepartment of Mechanics and Materials Science, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, M. Smoluchowskiego 25, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland |
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| The main goal of the present work was to study the critical behavior in the as-quenched Gd75Ge15Si5Ce5 (wt%) in the vicinity of the critical temperature TC. The second order phase transition from a ferro- to a paramagnetic state was confirmed by the positive slope of the Arrott plots and analysis of temperature evolution of the Landau coefficients. The critical exponents have been revealed using the Kouvel-Fisher method and yield β=0.376±0.006, γ=1.032±0.006 and δ=3.835±0.008. The Curie temperature for the as-quenched Gd75Ge15Si5Ce5 equals 275.7±0.1 K. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.131.1232 PACS numbers: 75.30.Sg, 75.50.Bb |