D.Phil. / Spin-density-wave (SDW) effects were studied in diluted Cr-Si and Cr-Ga alloy single cristals. Ga and Si impurities in Cr are respectively from groups 3 and 4 non-magnetic non-transitional elements from the periodic table. Both influence the magnetic behaviour of Cr in a special way. The alloying of Cr with Si and Ga impurities influences the magnetic phase transition temparatures, namely the Néel temparature (Tn) and the transition temparature (T1c) for the incommensurate to commensurate (C) SDW transition, in a very complex way. The magnetic phase diagrams of both Cr-Si and Cr-Ga show a triple phase where the paramegnetic (P), CSDW and ISDW phases co-exist.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:10408 |
| Date | 18 October 2012 |
| Creators | Prinsloo, Aletta Roletta Elizabeth |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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