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Ratnamala Chatterjee
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2013
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In this work we demonstrate that the polycrystalline ribbons of (Ni48Co6)Mn26Al20 with B2 structure at room temperature show a magnetic behavior with competing magnetic exchange interactions leading to frozen disorders at low temperatures. It is established that by considering the presence of both antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic sublattices, we can explain the observed magnetic behavior including the metamagnetic transition observed in these samples. From the Arrott plots, the Neel temperature of (Ni48Co6)Mn26Al20 is deduced to be ~170 K and the broad ferro to para like magnetic phase transition is observed at ~ 200 K. Based on Neel theory, a cluster model is used to explain the presence of ferromagnetic and anti-ferromagnetic clusters in the studied ribbons. Formation of ferromagnetic clusters can be understood in terms of positive exchange interactions among the Mn atoms that are neighboring to Co atoms which are located on the Ni sites.
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