Effect of magnetism on lattice dynamics in metallic chromium

Abstract

A single-crystal sample of chromium doped with Sn was studied by means of a transmission Mössbauer spectroscopy in the temperature range of 310–315 K. An anomaly in the temperature behavior of the center shift was found at 313 K, a temperature that coincides well with the Néel temperature of chromium. The anomaly gives evidence that the vibrations of atoms in the studied system are affected by the magnetism.