Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Alloys and Compounds Année : 2025

Conical incommensurate magnetic ordering in the transition metal-rich YCo12B6 ternary boride

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The ternary boride YCo12B6 was investigated by means of ac susceptibility, magnetization, and neutron powder diffraction experiments over the temperature range 1.5-300 K. The crystal structure was refined and the spin configuration determined. This intermetallic compound crystalizes in a rhombohedral (R$\bar3$m) structure. In the ground state, its magnetic structure is characterized by a short incommensurate propagation vector k = (0, 0, ±0.0432), i.e., a long incommensurate period along the c-axis. Substantially different magnetic moments have been observed on the two crystallographically inequivalent Co sites (18g and 18h), a larger moment being refined on the Co-18h position. The Co spins arrange themselves into a conical magnetic structure with a tilt angle of about 57° with respect to the threefold symmetry axis c. Furthermore, a highly anisotropic lattice expansion is observed.

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hal-05219795 , version 1 (22-08-2025)

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B. Vallet-Simond, O. Isnard, L.V.B. Diop. Conical incommensurate magnetic ordering in the transition metal-rich YCo12B6 ternary boride. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2025, 1037, pp.182379. ⟨10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.182379⟩. ⟨hal-05219795⟩
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