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The crystallographic and magnetic properties of Y2(Fe1−xAlx) 14B, where x equals 0.00, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, and 0.08, have been investigated by Mössbauer spectroscopy and magnetic measurements at room temperature and 85 K. Magnetic anisotropy and magnetization changes with aluminum substitution indicate that, because of size, the aluminum preferentially occupies the j2 site over the remaining five crystallographically nonequivalent iron sites. This preferential occupation has been confirmed by Mössbauer spectral studies, which indicate that the compositional variation of the hyperfine field for each site is related to the number of near-neighbor aluminum atoms for the site. This compositional variation is helpful in assigning the different spectral components in these alloys as well as in the related Nd2(Fe1−xCox)14B and Y2(Fe1−xCox)14B alloys. In all cases these assignments are consistent with the local symmetry and coordination environment for each site.

In this paper, we compare various analyses of the magnetic Mkbauer spectra of NdzFelrB and propose a new model based on the positions of the rare-earth neighbors of each iron site. This model gives excellent fits from 295 K down to the spin-reorientation temperature and can be extended to Y2Fe14B.

The atomic and magnetic structures of Nd2(Fe1−xCox)14B, with x equal to 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3, and Y2(Fe1−xCox)14B, with x equal to 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, and 0.4, have been investigated by Mössbauer spectroscopy at room temperature and 85 K. A Mössbauer effect spectral component analysis, based on neutron diffraction site populations in Nd2(Fe1−xCox)14B, has revealed a stronger compositional dependence for the hyperfine field and magnetic moment on the j2 site than is observed for the other five iron sites. A similar analysis for the Y2(Fe1−xCox)14B compounds shows lower hyperfine fields and hence moments on the c and e sites, as well as a significant decrease in the hyperfine field at the j1 site as the cobalt concentration is increased. The iron site hyperfine fields, and their dependence on cobalt content, are consistent with the local site coordination environments in both series of compounds.

The Mössbauer spectra of Y2Fe14B have been measured from 85 to 296 K. Analysis of the spectra indicates that the near-neighbor rare-earth atoms directly influence the orientation of the principal axis of the electric field gradient. The hyperfine parameters are very similar to those of Nd2Fe14B, but the internal fields are somewhat smaller at room temperature in the yttrium compound. The Mösssbauer spectra of Y2(Fe1−xAlx)14B, where x equals 0.00, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, and 0.08, have been measured at 85 K. The average internal hyperfine field in these compounds decreases linearly with increasing aluminum content.