title: Magnetic and structural properties of FeCr alloys.
abstract: Synergistic synchrotron x-ray absorption experiments using imaging magnetic microspectroscopy, x-ray magnetic circular dichroism, and ab initio calculations on FeCr alloys reveal that the Cr content strongly influences the ferromagnetic microstructure and the Fe magnetic moments. The Cr local structure resolved by extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) is also found to be affected by the alloy's composition. Both EXAFS and ab initio calculations show a change in the Cr local atomic structure above 10 at.% Cr content from the distance contraction of the first two coordination shells around the Cr absorbing atom. These results indicate the strong dependence of magnetic and structural properties of these alloys on Cr concentration.
authors.affiliation: Paul Scherrer Institute, Nuclear Energy and Safety, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Froideval
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Iglesias
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samaras
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authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schuppler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nagel
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grolimund
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Victoria
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authors.lastname: Hoffelner