Obtenção e caracterização de filmes finos ferromagneticos das fases FE17TR21 TR=Nd, Pr e Sm

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

1997

RESUMO

Films of the Fe17R2Nx phases, R= rare-earthsf are interesting because of the good magnetic and properties these materiais have in bulk form, mainly for R from = Sm, that show axial magnetic anisotropy .In film form these good magnetic properties are maintained, and films can show perpendicular anisotropy high coercivities. For Pr and Nd the bulk material was prepared by arc-melting the components in argon atmosphere, followed by heat treatment at 1000ºC/10 days. The samples were then crushed and sieved down to 200 mesh. For the Sm, we used powder obtained from Goldschmidt Co, sieved to the same size. For Pr, Nd and Sm, films were obtained by flash evaporation in a Balzers deposition unit, using Ta and W heated boats. Base pressure prior to deposition was typically 10-6 torr. For the samarium case we used also a DC sputtering apparatus using a sintered target built with powder from Goldschmidt Co. For both deposition techniquesf several substrate materiais were attempted, as glass, glass covered with a CaF2 buffer layer of 500 Å, aluminaf tantalum foil and laminated copper. Thicknesses were measure using a stillus perfilometer, and ranged from 3.000 to 5.000 Å. After deposition, t films were heat-treated in a lamp furnace under high purity argon. Temperatures ranged from 300ºC up to 750ºC, by 10 until 180 min. After the heat-treatment we did nitrogenation of the films in the same lamp furnace, at 400ºC, during 10 min, under an one atm high purity nitrogen atmosphere. The as-prepared, heat-treated and nitrogenated samples were characterized by x-ray diffraction. Electron microprobe analysis was used to assure that the right proportion of the elements was in the samples. The magnetic properties were determined using a vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) and an AC thermomagnetic analyser (TMA)

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compostos intermetalicos filmes finos materiais ferromagneticos

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