Thermal Compensation Model of Magnetic Circuits with Modern Magnetic Materials

In this work a quantitative analysis of thermal compensation has been performed for a magnetic circuit producing magnetic field in the air gap. The considered system consists of Sm₃Co₁₇ type permanent magnet (as a source of magnetic field), nanocrystalline FINEMET alloy (as ultra-soft magnetic medium) and Fe-Ni low Curie temperature compensative material (as a magnetic shunt). Distribution of magnetic field induction in the circuit has been calculated numerically within standard one-dimensional approximation, considering nonlinearities of compensative material as well as demagnetization susceptibility of permanent magnet. It has been theoretically predicted, that an appropriate choice of the compensative element thickness improves significantly thermal stability of magnetic field in the air gap

Model of Anisotropic Electrical Resistivity in Rough Thin Films

In this work a new model of electrical resistivity is proposed in order to study the relationship between surface roughness geometry and thin films resistivity. The model is based on the numerical dynamic averaging of electron mean free path over whole simulated structure of rough film. For current-in-plane configuration the resistivity increases with decreasing film thickness faster than for current-perpendicular-to-plane one. Our simulations showed that big roughness depth and fine in-plane spatial period of roughness are crucial factors increasing the resistivity of ultrathin metallic layers

Thermal Compensation Model of Magnetic Circuits with Modern Magnetic Materials

In this work a quantitative analysis of thermal compensation has been performed for a magnetic circuit producing magnetic field in the air gap. The considered system consists of Sm₃Co₁₇ type permanent magnet (as a source of magnetic field), nanocrystalline FINEMET alloy (as ultra-soft magnetic medium) and Fe-Ni low Curie temperature compensative material (as a magnetic shunt). Distribution of magnetic field induction in the circuit has been calculated numerically within standard one-dimensional approximation, considering nonlinearities of compensative material as well as demagnetization susceptibility of permanent magnet. It has been theoretically predicted, that an appropriate choice of the compensative element thickness improves significantly thermal stability of magnetic field in the air gap

Surface Magnetostriction Model for MagNEMS

In this work the influence of surface roughness on magnetostrictive nano-actuator parameters has been analyzed theoretically. A mechanical and magnetoelastic behavior of investigated cantilever bimorphic system has been described in the frame of the simple analytical model. Realistic material parameters have been incorporated into the model for high-magnetostrictive galfenol (Fe-Ga) thin films on silicon substrate. It has been shown that for 5 nm thick galfenol film a flat surface magnetostrictive effects modify the cantilever deflection and force only by 3%, whereas in the case of rough surface this influence increases to about 15%, when dimensions of roughness steps are comparable to the distances between them

Modelling of Spin-Dependent Mechanical Friction at Atomic Level

In this work a simple 2D model of pseudostatic friction at atomic level has been prepared, in the frame of which both Lennard-Jones potential and spin-dependent term of exchange interaction has been included. As an example, it has been demonstrated, that for iron both average lateral and normal forces between atoms of "base" and "slider" in the tribological node are altered through the change of relative direction of spins, by over a dozen of percent, when the interatomic distance is comparable to the lattice constant. Spin-dependent correction of atomic-level friction coefficient has been estimated

Modelling of thermomagnetic curves obtained with Mössbauer spectrometry for two-phase nanocrystalline alloys

Thermomagnetic curves obtained with Mössbauer spectrometry for two-phase nanocrystalline alloys have been analyzed theoretically. The main goal was to understand a slope jump in the temperature dependence of the hyperfine field for crystalline phase of higher Curie temperature at the Curie point of the amorphous phase. We propose a simple model introducing an effective exchange integral for one phase depending on mean spin value in the other phase. We also consider a strong spin polarization of the amorphous phase by penetrating field originating from nanocrystallites. Results of numerical calculations within the mean field approximation (MFA) reproduce qualitatively the experimental curves for nanocrystalline FINEMET and Fe-Nb-B alloys

The Magnetic Specific Heat of the BEG Model

The magnetic contribution to the specific heat of the Blume-Emery-Griffiths model with spin-one is studied by the cluster variational method in pair approximation. The nearest neighbour correlation functions are taken into account. The temperature dependencies of the specific heat are calculated and discussed in the context of the phase diagrams obtained recently for the thin film with bilayer geometry

Modeling of Magnetic Hyperfine Field Distribution for Spherical Nanoparticles of bcc Structure

We propose a simple model for temperature evolution of magnetic hyperfine field distribution of spherical bcc Fe nanoparticles. We performed mean field approximation calculations of mean spin value in each spherical shell of nanoparticle. Considering magnetic hyperfine field values reported for iron thin films we predicted possible values of hyperfine fields in the internal and surface region of the particles as a function of temperature

Iron-containing phases in fly ashes from different combustion systems

The investigations of iron-containing phases existing in fly ashes were performed using transmission Mössbauer spectrometry. The examined samples of fly ashes were collected from different coal combustion systems, that is, stoker-fired boiler in municipal heating plant and pulverized coal boiler in power plant. Several phases are identifi ed in the samples: iron oxides, paramagnetic aluminosilicate glass with Fe3+ ions and Al2O4- -type spinel with Fe2+ ions. It was pointed out that proportions of contents of phases strongly depend not only on the combustion temperature but also on the way of ash collection

Iron-containing phases in fly ashes from different combustion systems

The investigations of iron-containing phases existing in fly ashes were performed using transmission Mössbauer spectrometry. The examined samples of fly ashes were collected from different coal combustion systems, that is, stoker-fired boiler in municipal heating plant and pulverized coal boiler in power plant. Several phases are identifi ed in the samples: iron oxides, paramagnetic aluminosilicate glass with Fe3+ ions and Al2O4- -type spinel with Fe2+ ions. It was pointed out that proportions of contents of phases strongly depend not only on the combustion temperature but also on the way of ash collection