Magnetovolume effects of ferromagnetic metals, particularly those of Invar alloys, are reviewed. The origins of magnetovolume effects, namely the spontaneous volume magnetostriction and the forced volume magnetostriction, are considered in terms of the localized model and the itinerant electron model. The distinct magnetovolume effects of Invar alloys are discussed based upon these two models. An unified model, in which the characteristics of both models are taken into consideration, is introduced to understand the magnetovolume effects of ferromagnetic metals as well as those of Invar alloys.
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