Abstract
The free energy of bcc, fcc, and hcp iron has been calculated as a function of temperature and pressure within the single-site spin-fluctuation theory of band magnetism, which has been developed recently by Hubbard and Hasegawa. The simple theory can account for the occurrence of the , , , and phases in the phase diagram of iron, the phase transitions being driven by the magnetic contributions to the free energy.
- Received 19 August 1982
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.130
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