Cerium - Iron - Manganese

Vladimir Cheverikin, Iuliia Fartushna, Andy Watson

Introduction

Fe-Mn alloys are of interest owing to their attractive properties, such as shape memory properties, mechanical properties, electrical and magnetic properties. Rare-earth - transition metal intermetallic compounds formed in many R-Fe-Mn systems (R - rare-earth elements) form an interesting group of magnetic materials that have many potential applications and show special properties for the production of permanent magnets. High saturation magnetization is obtained for compounds of light rare-earth metals. Ce₂Fe₁₇ is well known among the R₂Fe₁₇ compounds for its unusual magnetic properties, complex magnetic structures and magnetovolume instabilities. The Re₂Fe_17-xMn_x compounds are of interest from the standpoint of the search for new high-energy m...