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Physics of magnetism and magnetic materials / K.H.J. Buschow and F.R. de Boer.
Math/Physics/Astronomy Library QC753.2 .B88 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buschow, K. H. J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Magnetism.
- Magnetic materials.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2003]
- Contents:
- Chapter 2. The Origin of Atomic Moments 3
- 2.1. Spin and Orbital States of Electrons 3
- 2.2. The Vector Model of Atoms 5
- Chapter 3. Paramagnetism of Free Ions 11
- 3.1. The Brillouin Function 11
- 3.2. The Curie Law 13
- Chapter 4. The Magnetically Ordered State 19
- 4.1. The Heisenberg Exchange Interaction and the Weiss Field 19
- 4.2. Ferromagnetism 22
- 4.3. Antiferromagnetism 26
- 4.4. Ferrimagnetism 34
- Chapter 5. Crystal Fields 43
- 5.2. Quantum-Mechanical Treatment 44
- 5.3. Experimental Determination of Crystal-Field Parameters 50
- 5.4. The Point-Charge Approximation and Its Limitations 52
- 5.5. Crystal-Field-Induced Anisotropy 54
- 5.6. A Simplified View of 4f-Electron Anisotropy 56
- Chapter 6. Diamagnetism 59
- Chapter 7. Itinerant-Electron Magnetism 63
- 7.2. Susceptibility Enhancement 65
- 7.3. Strong and Weak Ferromagnetism 66
- 7.4. Intersublattice Coupling in Alloys of Rare Earths and 3d Metals 70
- Chapter 9. Measurement Techniques 85
- 9.1. The Susceptibility Balance 85
- 9.2. The Faraday Method 86
- 9.3. The Vibrating-Sample Magnetometer 87
- 9.4. The Squid Magnetometer 89
- Chapter 10. Caloric Effects in Magnetic Materials 91
- 10.1. The Specific-Heat Anomaly 91
- 10.2. The Magnetocaloric Effect 93
- Chapter 11. Magnetic Anisotropy 97
- Chapter 12. Permanent Magnets 105
- 12.2. Suitability Criteria 106
- 12.3. Domains and Domain Walls 109
- 12.4. Coercivity Mechanisms 112
- 12.5. Magnetic Anisotropy and Exchange Coupling in Permanent-Magnet Materials Based on Rare-Earth Compounds 115
- 12.6. Manufacturing Technologies of Rare-Earth-Based Magnets 119
- 12.7. Hard Ferrites 122
- 12.8. Alnico Magnets 124
- Chapter 13. High-Density Recording Materials 131
- 13.2. Magneto-Optical Recording Materials 133
- 13.3. Materials for High-Density Magnetic Recording 139
- Chapter 14. Soft-Magnetic Materials 147
- 14.2. Survey of Materials 148
- 14.3. The Random-Anisotropy Model 156
- 14.4. Dependence of Soft-Magnetic Properties on Grain Size 158
- 14.5. Head Materials and Their Applications 159
- 14.5.1 High-Density Magnetic-Induction Heads 159
- 14.5.2 Magnetoresistive Heads 161
- Chapter 15. Invar Alloys 165
- Chapter 16. Magnetostrictive Materials 171.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0306474212
- OCLC:
- 50643835
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