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The change in size of a ferromagnetic at the Curie point

F C Powell

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The changes of size of iron and nickel at their Curie points are too great to be explained by purely magnetic forces. On Heisenberg's theory of ferromagnetism, magnetization is accompanied by a change in the strength of binding between atoms, and the resulting changes of size of crystals of iron and nickel at their Curie points are of the same order of magnitude as those observed.

The calculations for iron make use of a modification of Heisenberg's original theory, in which the restriction that each atom possesses only one electron concerned in magnetic effects is removed. A consideration of the specific heat discontinuity at the Curie point shows, however, that the theory is far from satisfactory.

The change in size which accompanies magnetization varies continuously from the Curie point to saturation, but does not affect measurements of magnetostriction at ordinary temperatures.


PACS

75.40.Cx Static properties (order parameter, static susceptibility, heat capacities, critical exponents, etc.)

75.60.Ej Magnetization curves, hysteresis, Barkhausen and related effects

75.80.+q Magnetomechanical and magnetoelectric effects, magnetostriction

75.50.Bb Fe and its alloys

75.10.Jm Quantized spin models

75.50.Cc Other ferromagnetic metals and alloys

Subjects

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Dates

Issue 5 ( 15 August 1930)



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