Single amorphous phase was obtained in Fe
1−xNd
x alloys by melt-spinning in a composition range of 0.11≤
x≤0.60. Magnetization and Mössbauer effect were measured for these alloys.
The internal magnetic field of
57Fe nuclei is about 2.4 MA/m(300 kOe) at 77 K, being independent of composition. It suggests that the average magnetic moment of Fe atoms is nearly constant: \barμ
Fe\simeq2.0 μ
B/atom. On the contrary, the average magnetic moment of Nd atoms, calculated from the results of the magnetization measurements and the above estimation of \barμ
Fe, decreases with increasing Nd concentration: \barμ
Nd=3.2 μ
B/atom at
x=0.15, which agrees with the free Nd
3+ ion moment of 3.3 μ
B/atom and \barμ
Nd=1.6 μ
B/atom at
x≥0.40. While the coercive field,
Hc, at 4.2 K is about 160 kA/m(2 kOe) for
x=0.20, it increases abruptly for
x>0.25 and becomes 5.6 MA/m(70 kOe) for
x=0.55. These results can be explained by large random magnetic anisotropy of Nd atom in the amorphous alloys.
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