NUKLEONIKA 2004, 49(Supplement 3):s53-s57

THE INFLUENCE OF Al DOPING ON MICROSTRUCTURE AND HYPERFINE INTERACTIONS IN FINEMET

Katarzyna Brzózka1, Tadeusz Szumiata1, Michał Gawroński1, Bogumił Górka1, Anna Zorkovská2, Pavol Sovák2

1 Department of Physics, Technical University of Radom, 29 Malczewskiego Str., 26-600 Radom, Poland,
2 Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Sciences, P. J. Šafárik University, Park Angelinum 9, 041 54 Košice, Slovakia


Structure and hyperfine interactions of amorphous and nanocrystalline FINEMET were investigated by means of Mössbauer spectrometry. It was found that substitution of x iron atoms with aluminum ones causes changes in the properties of both amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys as well as in the structure of individual phases. The reduction of hyperfine magnetic field caused by atom substitution is a non-linear function of x, unlike the linear dependence expected because of dilution. Temperature studies reveal a double magnetic phase transition at 250°C and 330°C as well as point to the variety of phases in the examined material.