Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 42, Numéro C5, Octobre 1981
ICIFUAS-7
Seventh International Conference on Internal Friction and Ultrasonic Attenuation in Solids
Page(s) C5-647 - C5-652
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1981599
ICIFUAS-7
Seventh International Conference on Internal Friction and Ultrasonic Attenuation in Solids

J. Phys. Colloques 42 (1981) C5-647-C5-652

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1981599

MAGNETIC RELAXATIONS IN AMORPHOUS FERROMAGNETIC Fe80-xNixP20-yBy ALLOYS

N. Moser, H. Kronmüller et W. Frank

Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, Institut für Physik, and Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Theoretische und Angewandte Physik, Stuttgart, F.R.G.


Abstract
The magnetic after-effect spectra and their annealing behaviour were measured on Fe80-xNixP20-yBy alloys between 4.2 K and 520 K. Three relaxations were observed : (A) a relaxation with an almost temperature-independent amplitude between 4.2 K and 300 K, ( B ) a broad relaxation peak which in Fe40Ni40P14B6 reaches from 350 K to 450 K and anneals out between room temperature and 500 K, (c) a relaxation maximum just below the Curie temperature Tc (provided Tc < 520 K). The relaxations are interpreted in terms of structural rearrangements in the amorphous state : Relaxation A is tentatively assigned to tunnelling-controlled rearrangements. To B two relaxation processes contribute : (B1) the reorientation of pairs of metal atoms in the vicinity of free volume, (B2) the jumping of metalloid atoms between sites located between two metal atoms.