Evidence for a re-entrant character of magnetism of sigma-phase Fe-Mo alloys: non-linear susceptibilities

TL;DR

This study investigates the non-linear magnetic susceptibilities of sigma-phase Fe-Mo alloys, revealing a re-entrant magnetic behavior characterized by a mixed spin glass and ferromagnetic ground state, and updates the existing magnetic phase diagram.

Contribution

It provides experimental evidence for the re-entrant magnetism in Fe-Mo sigma-phase alloys through non-linear susceptibility measurements, refining the magnetic phase diagram.

Findings

Evidence of mixed spin glass and ferromagnetic phases

Re-entrant magnetic behavior confirmed

Updated magnetic phase diagram presented

Abstract

Non-linear ac magnetic susceptibility terms viz. quadratic, chi2, and cubic, chi3, were measured versus temperature and frequency for a series of the sigma-phase Fe(100-x)Mo(x) (47<x<53) compounds. Clear evidence was found that the ground magnetic state of the samples is mixed i.e. constituted by two phases: a spin glass (SG) and a ferromagnet (FM), hence the magnetism of the investigated samples can be regarded as re-entrant (RSG). Based on the present data, previously reported magnetic phase diagram has been upgraded [J. Przewoznik, S. M. Dubiel,J. Alloy. Comp., 630 (2015) 222].