Pressure Induced AF - F - AF Magnetic Phase Transformations in Pd substituted FeRh compound

Abstract

At ambient pressure, the Fe0.49(Rh1-xPd x)0.51 alloys with the Pd concentration within 0 < x < 0.12 exhibit an antiferromagnetic (AF) state below the critical temperature Tt, while above x = 0.12 the alloys have a ferromagnetic (F) order up to the Curie temperature TC ≈ 650 K. The temperature and field dependences of the magnetization in the alloys with x = 0.08; 0.13 were investigated under hydrostatic pressure up to 10 kbar. The application of pressure of about 8.5 kbar is observed to induce the F-AF phase transition in the ferromagnetically ordered compound with x = 0.13. The AF-F-AF phase evolution was revealed with increasing pressure in the AF-ordered alloy with x = 0.08. © (2012) Trans Tech Publications.