Galvanomagnetic Effects, Magnetostriction, and Spin-Orbit Interaction in Cu-Ni-Fe and Other Ferromagnetic Nickel Alloys
- 10 September 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 185 (2), 792-797
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.185.792
Abstract
In the triangular diagram of Cu-Ni-Fe alloys, the line of zero linear magnetostriction approximately coincides with the line of zero extraordinary Hall constant and may be interpreted as the line where a orbital degeneracy crosses the Fermi level. The "ferromagnetic anisotropy of resistivity" of quenched Cu-Ni-Fe alloys containing more than 60 wt% Ni has been measured at 20°K, where impurity scattering dominates. The large anisotropy values observed in Ni-Fe alloys decrease gradually by addition of copper. In particular, the anisotropy decrease along the line suggests that the orbital degeneracy is partially lifted by the addition of copper. This line differs from a line of constant electron concentration, indicating a departure from the rigid-band model. A band model with separate iron, nickel, and copper sub-bands correctly predicts the location of the line if the degeneracy is assumed to be located at the top of the nickel sub-band (bottom of the iron sub-band). The same assumption applies successfully to Me-Ni-Fe alloys, where Me is any metal (Cr, W, Mo, V, etc.) forming a nonmagnetic sub-band above the Fermi level. Existing data show that the extraordinary Hall conductivity is roughly proportional to the magnetostriction for all fcc Ni-Fe, Cu-Ni, and Cu-Ni-Fe alloys at , with a slope ≈2.0× mks.
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