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The atomic structure of the iron–gallium alloy containing 18 at % Ga has been studied by X-ray diffraction. The samples were annealed in the paramagnetic (T > TC) and ferromagnetic (T < TC) state. In the first case, the structural state was fixed by quenching from the annealing temperature into water; in the second case, the structural state was obtained by slow cooling. The structural studies of the single-crystal samples were conducted on a four-circle X-ray diffractometer at room temperature. From the X-ray diffraction data, it follows that the alloy, independently on the heat treatment, contains B2 clusters, i.e., locally ordered regions with the CsCl-type structure observed in alloys of iron with silicon (to 10 at % Si) and aluminum (7 at % Al) before. In addition to the B2‑clusters, regions with the D03 short-range order are observed in the quenched sample; the sizes of these regions significantly increases after annealing in the ferromagnetic state, i.e., a long-range order forms. The relation of the fine structural changes in the alloy due to various heat treatments with its magnetoelastic and magnetostriction properties is discussed.
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This work was carried out in the framework of the state task (the theme “Magnit” No. AAAA-A18-118020290129-5) and was supported by the program of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (project no. 18-10-2-5) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 18-02-00391).
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Chernenkov, Y.P., Ershov, N.V. & Lukshina, V.A. Effect of Annealing in a Ferromagnetic State on the Structure of an Fe–18 at % Ga Alloy. Phys. Solid State 60, 2370–2380 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783419010050
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