Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction measurements were performed to probe the magnetic properties of Fe1-xCoxSi (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.8) compounds at room temperature. X-ray diffraction measurements showed that the crystal structures of the synthesized samples existed as a single phase for all concentrations. Fittings of the Mössbauer spectra revealed that the family of Fe1-xCoxSi are weakly ferromagnetic for 0.1 ≤ x < 0.5 and completely lose their magnetic properties when x ≥ 0.5.
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Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science
Vol. 69 • No. 2
Fall 2008
Vol. 69 • No. 2
Fall 2008
ferromagnets
half-metal
isomer shift
Mössbauer
quadrupole splitting