Elastic and anelastic anomalies associated with the antiferromagnetic ordering transition in wustite, FexO.

The elastic and anelastic properties of three different samples of Fe(x)O have been determined in the frequency range 0.1-2 MHz by resonant ultrasound spectroscopy and in the range 0.1-50 Hz by dynamic mechanical analysis in order to characterize ferroelastic aspects of the magnetic ordering transit...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Z, Church, N, Lappe, S, Reinecker, M, Fuith, A, Saines, P, Harrison, R, Schranz, W, Carpenter, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012
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author Zhang, Z
Church, N
Lappe, S
Reinecker, M
Fuith, A
Saines, P
Harrison, R
Schranz, W
Carpenter, M
author_facet Zhang, Z
Church, N
Lappe, S
Reinecker, M
Fuith, A
Saines, P
Harrison, R
Schranz, W
Carpenter, M
author_sort Zhang, Z
collection OXFORD
description The elastic and anelastic properties of three different samples of Fe(x)O have been determined in the frequency range 0.1-2 MHz by resonant ultrasound spectroscopy and in the range 0.1-50 Hz by dynamic mechanical analysis in order to characterize ferroelastic aspects of the magnetic ordering transition at T(N) ~ 195 K. No evidence was found of separate structural and magnetic transitions but softening of the shear modulus was consistent with the involvement of bilinear coupling, λe(4)q, between a symmetry-breaking strain, e(4), and a structural order parameter, q. Unlike a purely ferroelastic transition, however, C(44) does not go to zero at the critical temperature, T*(c), due to the intervention of the magnetic ordering at a higher temperature. The overall pattern of behaviour is nevertheless consistent with what would be expected for a system with separate structural and magnetic instabilities, linear-quadratic coupling between the structural (q) and magnetic (m) driving order parameters, λqm(2), and T(N) > T*(c). Comparison with data from the literature appears to confirm the same pattern in MnO and NiO, with a smaller difference between T(N) and T*(c) in the former and a larger difference in the latter. Strong attenuation of acoustic resonances at high frequencies and a familiar pattern of attenuation at low frequencies suggest that twin walls in the rhombohedral phase have typical ferroelastic properties. Acoustic dissipation in the stability field of the cubic phase is tentatively attributed to anelastic relaxations of the defect ordered structure of non-stoichiometric wüstite or of the interface between local regions of wüstite and magnetite, with a rate controlling step determined by the diffusion of iron.
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spelling oxford-uuid:fabb50ac-3651-49c9-9828-3bb3131ae8982022-03-27T13:08:20ZElastic and anelastic anomalies associated with the antiferromagnetic ordering transition in wustite, FexO.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:fabb50ac-3651-49c9-9828-3bb3131ae898EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2012Zhang, ZChurch, NLappe, SReinecker, MFuith, ASaines, PHarrison, RSchranz, WCarpenter, MThe elastic and anelastic properties of three different samples of Fe(x)O have been determined in the frequency range 0.1-2 MHz by resonant ultrasound spectroscopy and in the range 0.1-50 Hz by dynamic mechanical analysis in order to characterize ferroelastic aspects of the magnetic ordering transition at T(N) ~ 195 K. No evidence was found of separate structural and magnetic transitions but softening of the shear modulus was consistent with the involvement of bilinear coupling, λe(4)q, between a symmetry-breaking strain, e(4), and a structural order parameter, q. Unlike a purely ferroelastic transition, however, C(44) does not go to zero at the critical temperature, T*(c), due to the intervention of the magnetic ordering at a higher temperature. The overall pattern of behaviour is nevertheless consistent with what would be expected for a system with separate structural and magnetic instabilities, linear-quadratic coupling between the structural (q) and magnetic (m) driving order parameters, λqm(2), and T(N) > T*(c). Comparison with data from the literature appears to confirm the same pattern in MnO and NiO, with a smaller difference between T(N) and T*(c) in the former and a larger difference in the latter. Strong attenuation of acoustic resonances at high frequencies and a familiar pattern of attenuation at low frequencies suggest that twin walls in the rhombohedral phase have typical ferroelastic properties. Acoustic dissipation in the stability field of the cubic phase is tentatively attributed to anelastic relaxations of the defect ordered structure of non-stoichiometric wüstite or of the interface between local regions of wüstite and magnetite, with a rate controlling step determined by the diffusion of iron.
spellingShingle Zhang, Z
Church, N
Lappe, S
Reinecker, M
Fuith, A
Saines, P
Harrison, R
Schranz, W
Carpenter, M
Elastic and anelastic anomalies associated with the antiferromagnetic ordering transition in wustite, FexO.
title Elastic and anelastic anomalies associated with the antiferromagnetic ordering transition in wustite, FexO.
title_full Elastic and anelastic anomalies associated with the antiferromagnetic ordering transition in wustite, FexO.
title_fullStr Elastic and anelastic anomalies associated with the antiferromagnetic ordering transition in wustite, FexO.
title_full_unstemmed Elastic and anelastic anomalies associated with the antiferromagnetic ordering transition in wustite, FexO.
title_short Elastic and anelastic anomalies associated with the antiferromagnetic ordering transition in wustite, FexO.
title_sort elastic and anelastic anomalies associated with the antiferromagnetic ordering transition in wustite fexo
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