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The Electrical Resistivity, Magnetic, and Galvanomagnetic Properties of a Cast and Rapid Melt Quenched Mn3Al Heusler Alloy

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The electrical resistivity, magnetic, and galvanomagnetic properties of the cast and rapid melt quenched Mn3Al Heusler alloy have been studied. Rapid melt quenching was found to result in changing the microstructure of the Mn3Al alloy, which leads to substantial changes in its electronic transport and magnetic properties. It was suggested that for the cast and rapid melt quenched Mn3Al alloy frustrated antiferromagnetic and almost compensated ferrimagnetic state could appear, respectively. It is shown that the preparation and treatment of the Mn3Al compound plays a substantial role in the formation of its electronic and magnetic characteristics.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank P.B. Terent’ev, D.A. Shishkin, and V.N. Neverov for their assistance and fruitful discussions.

Funding

The studies were performed in terms of the state assignment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (themes Structure, no. 122021000033-2 and Spin, no. 122021000036-3). The synthesis of alloy and RMQ tapes and studies of electronic transport and magnetic properties were supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 22-22-00935, https://rscf.ru/project/22-22-00935/, Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences).

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    V. V. Marchenkov, V. Yu. Irkhin, A. A. Semiannikova, P. S. Korenistov & E. B. Marchenkova

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Marchenkov, V.V., Irkhin, V.Y., Semiannikova, A.A. et al. The Electrical Resistivity, Magnetic, and Galvanomagnetic Properties of a Cast and Rapid Melt Quenched Mn3Al Heusler Alloy. Phys. Metals Metallogr. 124, 321–327 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031918X23600318

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