On the dynamics of the reentrant spin-glass state of the Fe_(100-x)Zr_x(x= 9,10) amorphous alloys

摘要

Low temperature magnetization (M) and ac susceptibility (x_(ac)) data were used to investigate the reentrant spin-glass state in lengths of melt-spun ribbons of Fe_(100-x)Zr_x(x = 9, 10) amorphous alloys. The temperature range investigated was from 2 to 300 K, while the applied magnetic field H was varied in the range of ±85 kOe. The magnetic properties were found to be strongly influenced by the sample composition despite the fact that the amount of Fe varies by 1 at. %. For instance, the Curie temperature (T_C) is reduced from 232.5 K to 213.0 K with decreasing Fe concentration, while M for the lower Fe concentration, measured at the highest applied magnetic field (H=85 kOe) was nearly double the value for that of the higher; the coercivity in the ferromagnetic regime is reduced by a factor close to five when x is increased from 9 at. % to 10 at. %. The ac susceptibility measured for frequencies f in the range of 10-10~4 Hz showed a sharp drop in the magnitude of the in-phase contribution (x′_(ac)) and a peak at the out-of-phase component (x″_(ac)), which shifts to higher temperatures with increasing values of f. The Voguel-Fulcher law applied to the x″_(ac) data yielded an activation energy E_a/k_B = 21.3K (40.1 K), the glassy temperature T_G = 15.5K (38.2K), and a relaxation time τ_0 = 9.1 × 10~(-7) s (8.3 × 10~(-7) s), for the sample with x = 10 (x = 9). A plot of x″_(ac) vs x′_(ac) for a broad range of T and f yielded a broad maximum near the glassy temperature T_G for both sample concentrations.