SUPERPARAMAGNETISM IN MELT-SPUN CUCO GRANULAR SAMPLES

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HICKEY, BJ
HOWSON, MA
MUSA, SO
TOMKA, GJ
RAINFORD, BD
WISER, N
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[1] UNIV SOUTHAMPTON,DEPT PHYS,SOUTHAMPTON SO17 1BJ,HANTS,ENGLAND
[2] BAR ILAN UNIV,IL-52900 RAMAT GAN,ISRAEL
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10.1016/0304-8853(95)00068-2
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T [工业技术];
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We have studied the magnetic properties of a melt-spun granular sample of Cu87Co13. The Cu matrix contains very fine particles of Co, having a bimodal distribution of sizes: 'larger' particles (similar to 300 Angstrom) and very much smaller particles (< 15 Angstrom) with the latter exhibiting superparamagnetism. The magnetisation data indicate a spread of sizes for the smaller superparamagnetic particles, ranging from individual Co atoms up to clusters of more than 100 atoms of Co. Assuming a simple distribution of particle sizes, we calculated the magnetic field dependence of the magnetisation of the superparamagnetic particles and find excellent agreement with experiment.
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