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| Author(s): |
Carvalho, A. M. G.
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Nunes, R. S.
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Coelho, A. A.
Total Authors: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Powder Diffraction; v. 32, n. 1, p. 10-14, MAR 2017. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 8 |
| Abstract | |
Representative compounds of the new family of magnetic materials Gd5-xNdxSi4 were analyzed by X-ray diffraction at the XRD1 beamline at Laboratorio Nacional de Luz Sincrotron. To reduce X-ray absorption, thin layers of the powder samples were mounted outside the capillaries and measured in Debye-Scherrer geometry as usual. The XRD analyses and the magnetometry results indicate that the behavior of the magnetic transition temperature as a function of Nd content may be directly related to the average of the four smallest interatomic distances between different rare earth sites of the majority phase of each compound. The quality and consistency of the results show that the XRD1 beamline is able to perform satisfactory XRD experiments on high-absorption materials even off the best conditions. (C) 2016 International Centre for Diffraction Data. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/03480-0 - Magnetocaloric effect and barocaloric effect: new experimental techniques, materials and theoretical models |
| Grantee: | Alexandre Magnus Gomes Carvalho |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants |