Elasticity and Internal Friction of α-Fe2O3

Abstract
Young's modulus and internal friction of natural crystals of α‐Fe2O3 (Congonhas, Brazil) were measured as functions of temperature in the region of the Morin transition with and without a 1570‐oe magnetic field. Nonelastic components of strain occur and these, we suggest, are due to stress‐induced changes in the directions of the magnetization vectors.