Structural, thermodynamic, and transport properties of Laves-phase ZrMn2 from x-ray and neutron diffraction and first principles

M. Rotter, A. Grytsiv, Xing-Qiu Chen, P. Rogl, R. Podloucky, W. Wolf, V. T. Witusiewicz, A. Saccone, H. Noel, M. Doerr, A. Lindbaum, H. Michor, E. Bauer, S. Heathman, W. Kockelmann, and J. Taylor
Phys. Rev. B 74, 224109 – Published 26 December 2006

Abstract

Recently, the prediction of structural degeneracy for the ground state of ZrMn2 by ab initio methods has stimulated research on this system. We investigated the structural and thermodynamic properties by single crystal and powder x-ray diffraction (at zero and high pressure) as well as by neutron powder diffraction, demonstrating that the C14 Laves phase structure is stable down to a temperature of 4.2K and up to applied pressure of 56GPa. The bulk modulus and enthalpy of formation (measured by high-temperature drop calorimetric experiments) of ZrMn2 are found to be 150GPa and 66.6kJ(moloff.u.)1, respectively, in nice agreement with the ab initio calculated results. The experimental bulk thermal-expansion data of ZrMn2 resembles that of a typical metal. However, the temperature-dependent electrical resisitivity shows that there is a power law with n1.1 at low temperature quite different from simple metals which originates probably from scattering of the charge carriers on the frustrated Mn moments. The phonons have been investigated in detail by comparing results of ab initio calculations with neutron spectra and experimental specific-heat data.

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  • Received 30 May 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.74.224109

©2006 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

M. Rotter1,*, A. Grytsiv1, Xing-Qiu Chen1,2, P. Rogl1, R. Podloucky1, W. Wolf3, V. T. Witusiewicz4, A. Saccone5, H. Noel6, M. Doerr7, A. Lindbaum8, H. Michor8, E. Bauer8, S. Heathman9, W. Kockelmann10, and J. Taylor10

  • 1Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Wien, Währingerstrasse 42, A-1090 Wien, Austria
  • 2School of Material and Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China
  • 3Materials Design, 44, av. F.-A. Bartholdi, 72000 Le Mans, France
  • 4ACCESS Materials & Processes, Intzestrasse 5, D-52072 Aachen, Germany
  • 5Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Universit‘a degli Studi di Genova, via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy
  • 6Laboratorie de Chimie du Solide et Inorganique Moléculaire, UMR 6511 CNRS Université de Rennes 1, Avenue du Général Leclerc, F-35042 Rennes, France
  • 7Institut für Festkörperphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
  • 8Institut für Festkörperphysik, Technische Universität Wien, A-1040 Wien, Austria
  • 9European Commission, JRC, Institute for Transuranium Elements, Postfach 2340, D-76125 Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 10Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, ISIS Facility, Chilton, OX11 0Qx, United Kingdom

  • *Electronic address: Martin.Rotter@univie.ac.at

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Vol. 74, Iss. 22 — 1 December 2006

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