HEAT-CAPACITY STUDIES OF CHROMIUM-RICH ANTI-FERROMAGNETIC CHROMIUM-IRON ALLOYS

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KEMENY, T [1 ]
FOGARASSY, B [1 ]
ARAJS, S [1 ]
MOYER, CA [1 ]
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[1] CLARKSON COLL TECHNOL, DEPT PHYS, POTSDAM, NY 13676 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevB.19.2975
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The specific heats of polycrystalline Cr and Cr alloys containing 2.3-, 3.3-, and 4.9-at.% Fe have been measured with a differential calorimeter in a temperature range around the Néel point. Our results are in general agreement with the recent specific-heat measurements by Suzuki. However, the Cr-3.3-at.%-Fe sample is found to exhibit a peculiar avalanche effect which we attribute to a nucleation-controlled phase transition from a metastable magnetic state. Such an interpretation is consistent with Suzuki's results for Cr containing 3.0- and 4.0-at.% Fe, suggesting that the avalanche effect may extend over this entire compositional region. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
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