Magnetostructural transition in Ce(Fe0.975Ga0.025)2 compound

The magnetic and magnetostructural properties of the polycrystalline Ce(Fe0.975Ga0.025)2 have been investigated as a function of temperature and magnetic field. In Ce(Fe0.975Ga0.025)2 the magnetic transition from antiferromagnetic (AFM) to ferromagnetic state (FM) is accompanied by a structural transformation from rhombohedral to cubic structure. Phase coexistence is present during both the temperature and field driven transformations from the AFM to FM phase.

Arabinda Haldar, Niraj K. Singh, Ya. Mudryk, Ajaya K. Nayak, K. G. Suresh, A. K. Nigam, V. K. Pecharsky · 2010