Landolt-Brnstein Group III: Condensed Matter 
Volume 32 Magnetic Properties of Metals 
Subvolume C Alloys and Compounds of d-Elements with Main Group Elements. Part 2 
Introductory material 
1	Magnetic properties of 3d, 4d, and 5d elements, alloys and compounds 1 
1.1 - 1.4	See Vol. 32A 
1.5	Alloys and compounds of 3d elements with main group elements 1 
1.5.1	See Vol. 32B 
1.5.2	See Vol. 19B 
1.5.3	See Vol. 32B 
1.5.4	3d elements and C, Si, Ge, Sn or Pb (T. OHOYAMA, N. YAMADA) 1 
1.5.4.1	Introduction 1 
1.5.4.2	Ti and V alloys and compounds 4 
1.5.4.3	Cr alloys and compounds 6 
1.5.4.4	Mn alloys and compounds 13 
1.5.4.5	Fe alloys and compounds 38 
1.5.4.5.1	Alloys and compounds with C and Si 38 
1.5.4.5.2	Alloys and compounds with Ge 47 
1.5.4.5.3	Alloys and compounds with Sn 52 
1.5.4.6	Co and Ni alloys and compounds 54 
1.5.4.7	MM'X ternary compounds 55 
1.5.4.8	References for 1.5.4 59 
1.5.5	Heusler alloys (K.R.A. ZIEBECK, K.-U. NEUMANN) 64 
1.5.5.1	Introduction 64 
1.5.5.2	Structural properties 64 
1.5.5.2.1	Crystallography 64 
1.5.5.2.2	Ternary phase diagrams 67 Ni-Mn-Sn 67 Ni-Fe-Al 69 Ni-Hf-Al 72 Mg-(R)-Ag 76 Pd-Y-Sn 82 
1.5.5.2.3	Kinematics of phase transition 84 
1.5.5.2.4	Deformation 88 
1.5.5.2.5	Hydrogen absorption 89 
1.5.5.2.6	Films/ribbons 91 
1.5.5.3	Bulk magnetic properties 95 
1.5.5.3.1	Introduction 95 
1.5.5.3.2	Arrott plots 95 
1.5.5.3.2.1	Introduction 95 
1.5.5.3.2.2	Mean field description of magnetic phase transition and Landau form of the 96 free energy 
1.5.5.3.2.3	Magnetisation and Arrott plots 103 
1.5.5.3.2.4 
Arrott plots for two magnetic subsystems 105

1.5.5.3.2.5 
Ferromagnetic and / or antiferromagnetic order 108

1.5.5.3.2.6 
Discussion 113

1.5.5.3.3 
Experimental results 113

1.5.5.3.3.1 
Ferromagnets 113

1.5.5.3.3.2 
Antiferromagnetism 130

1.5.5.3.3.3 
Paramagnetic 132

1.5.5.3.3.4 
C1b compounds 140

1.5.5.3.3.5 
Quaternary 154

1.5.5.4 
Neutron scattering 166

1.5.5.4.1 
Neutron diffraction 166

1.5.5.4.2 
Crystalline electric fields 184

1.5.5.5 
Phase transitions 193

1.5.5.6 
Electrical properties 206

1.5.5.6.1 
Electrical resistivity 206

1.5.5.6.2 
Galvanomagnetic properties 217

1.5.5.6.3 
Superconductivity 224

1.5.5.7 
Thermal properties 235

1.5.5.8 
Hyperfine fields 244

1.5.5.9 
Band structure 315

1.5.5.9.1 
Introduction 315

1.5.5.9.2 
Cohesion and phase transitions 344

1.5.5.10 
Electronic structures 358

1.5.5.11 
Magneto-optics 373

1.5.5.12 
References for 1.5.5 409



