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Elastic and Magnetoelastic Effects in Magnetite

T. J. Moran and B. Lüthi

  • Department of Physics, Rutgers, The State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903

Phys. Rev. 187, 710 – Published 10 November, 1969

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.187.710

Abstract

The temperature dependence of the longitudinal and the shear sound-wave velocity along the [100] axis in Fe3O4 is presented. The longitudinal velocity exhibits an anomaly at 130°K, where there is an easy-axis change from the [111] to the [100]. Both shear and longitudinal velocities show sharp increases of 7½% and 0.2%, respectively, at 119°K, where the structure changes from cubic to orthorhombic. In addition, the linear magnetoelastic birefringence effect and the shear-velocity changes as a function of magnetic field were used to determine the magnetoelastic coupling constant b44 as a function of temperature from room temperature to 125°K. These results are compared with values of b44 obtained from magnetostriction data. Transverse ferroacoustic resonance effects could be observed in the temperature interval 150-300°K.

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