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Phys Rev Lett. 2005 Feb 25;94(7):075502. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.075502. Epub 2005 Feb 23.

Magnetic instabilities in Fe3C cementite particles observed with Fe K-edge x-ray circular dichroism under pressure.

Physical review letters

E Duman, M Acet, E F Wassermann, J P Itié, F Baudelet, O Mathon, S Pascarelli

Affiliations

  1. Experimentalphysik, Universität Duisburg-Essen, D-47048 Duisburg, Germany.

PMID: 15783825 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.075502

Abstract

The ferromagnetic interstitial iron compound Fe(3)C (cementite) is expected to have Invar properties, whereby a high-moment to low-moment transition should occur when the atomic volume is reduced below a critical value. We, therefore, examine the pressure dependence of the Fe K-edge x-ray magnetic circular dichroism in Fe(3)C at ambient temperature and pressures up to 20 GPa. We find clear evidence for a high-moment to low-moment transition around 10 GPa.

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