Critical evaluation and thermodynamic optimization have been carried out for the Mg-Ce, MgMn, Mg-Y, Ce-Mn, Ce-Y, and Mn-Y binary systems. All phase diagrams and thermodynamic data such as enthalpies of mixing, heats of formation, etc., were considered to obtain one set of model parameters of the Gibbs energies of all phases, which can reproduce the experimental data within experimental error limits. For the liquid alloys, the Modified Quasi-chemical Model in the pair approximation was used to treat short-range-ordering.
We report the formation of several members of the recently discovered class of R3(Fe,T)29 compounds and some of their intrinsic properties. Focusing on materials with T=Ti and Cr, we have prepared R3(Fe,Ti)29 (R=Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm) and R3(Fe,Cr)29 (R=Ce, Nd, Sm) compounds which all feature the novel monoclinic crystal structure first established for Nd3(Fe,Ti)29. In each of the Ti- and Cr-containing groups the Ce member has the smallest magnetization, Curie temperature, and unit cell, suggesting that the Ce ion is tetravalent, or nearly so, in this family of materials. We observed no evidence of R3(Fe,Ti)29 phase formation for R=Y, Gd, Dy, and Er. Our magnetization measurements indicate that only Nd3(Fe,Ti)29 and Nd3(Fe,Cr)29 exhibit spin reorientations, at temperatures of 235 and 145 K, respectively.
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