Published November 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Structural, magnetic and transport properties of half-metallic ferrimagnet Mn2VGa

  • 1. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (Madras), Chennai 600036 (India)
  • 2. Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad 500058 (India)
  • 3. IFW Dresden, Institute for Metallic Materials, P.O. Box 270116, D-01171 Dresden (Germany)
  • 4. UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Mumbai Centre, R5-Shed, BARC, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085 (India)

Description

Polycrystalline Mn2VGa samples were synthesized using an arc furnace. X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern was analyzed using General Structural Analysis System (GSAS) package and the refined lattice parameter was found to be 5.905 A. We found magnetic ordering in the system below 783 K and the spontaneous magnetization was observed to be following the Bloch T3/2 law below 80 K. The magnetic moment per formula unit at 5 K was observed to be 1.88 μB. The temperature variation of the electrical resistance was found to follow the relation Rn=R0n+aTα (α=1.616) and (Rn-normalized electrical resistance) in the temperature range of 25-300 K and we observed almost a temperature independent variation of the electrical resistance below 25 K indicating the absence of spin-flip scattering

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2008.06.003

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DOI
10.1016/j.jmmm.2008.06.003;
PII
S0304-8853(08)00692-6;

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Journal Title
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Journal Volume
320
Journal Issue
21
Journal Page Range
p. 2737-2740
ISSN
0304-8853
CODEN
JMMMDC

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