ISSN:
1572-9540
Keywords:
intermetallic compound, perturbed angular correlations, Mössbauer spectroscopy, electric field gradient
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The perturbed angular correlation technique and Mössbauer spectroscopy were applied to study the electric field gradient on 111Cd and 119Sn probe atoms in isostructural NiIn and CoSn compounds. The 111Cd PAC measurements performed in the temperature range 80--1100 K demonstrated the existence of two axially symmetric EFG's in each of the investigated compounds, related to the 2(d) and 1(a) probe sites in the B35 structure. A 1(a)-site preference for Cd probes in CoSn compound was observed. The temperature dependence of the quadrupole frequencies for 111Cd in both compounds, interpreted in terms of the empirical model proposed by Christiansen et al.[1], follows a T3/2 relation with different slope parameters for each of the observed frequencies. These results are combined with the data from the Mössbauer experiment. The 119Sn Mössbauer spectra taken at liquid nitrogen and at room temperatures showed two quadrupole split doublets with the intensity ratio 2:1 for CoSn and 8:1 for NiIn0.99Sn0.01sample, giving an evidence of 2(d)-site preference for tin atoms in NiIn. The EFG values measured on 119Sn are 2.5 to 4 times larger than those on 111Cd nuclei, while the ratio of the respective Sternheimer antishielding factors is equal to 0.77. Within the limits of errors no differences were observed in the magnitude and temperature dependence of Debye--Waller factors for 2(d) and 1(a) 119Sn positions in CoSn and NiIn lattices.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1012635702274
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