Solid Solubility and Magnetism upon Mn Incorporation in the Bulk Ternary Carbides Cr₂AlC and Cr₂GaC

A. MockuteThin Film Physics Division, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE58183Linköping, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]

J. LuThin Film Physics Division, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE58183Linköping, Sweden

E. J. MoonDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA19104, USA

M. YanDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA19104, USA

B. AnasoriDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA19104, USA

S. J. MayDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA19104, USA

M. W. BarsoumDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA19104, USA

J. RosenThin Film Physics Division, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE58183Linköping, Sweden

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Figure 1. XRD θ–2θ scan of HPed (Cr,Mn)₂AlC with a Cr:Mn ratio of 1.8:0.2 in the initial powder.

Figure 1. XRD θ–2θ scan of HPed (Cr,Mn)2AlC with a Cr:Mn ratio of 1.8:0.2 in the initial powder.

Figure 2. Typical SEM image of a fracture surface of a HPed (Cr,Mn)₂AlC sample with an initial Cr:Mn ratio of 1.8:0.2 at (a) low magnification and (b) higher magnification. Kinking and delamination of MAX phase grains are obvious in (b).

$Figure 2. Typical SEM image of a fracture surface of a HPed (Cr,Mn)2AlC sample with an initial Cr:Mn ratio of 1.8:0.2 at (a) low magnification and (b) higher magnification. Kinking and delamination of MAX phase grains are obvious in (b).$

Figure 3. Characteristic nanolaminated structure of (a) (Cr,Mn)₂AlC and, (b) (Cr,Mn)₂GaC; (c) and (d) SAED patterns along the [11¯00] and [112¯0] zone axis, respectively, in (Cr,Mn)₂GaC.

Figure 3. Characteristic nanolaminated structure of (a) (Cr,Mn)2AlC and, (b) (Cr,Mn)2GaC; (c) and (d) SAED patterns along the [11¯00] and [112¯0] zone axis, respectively, in (Cr,Mn)2GaC.

Figure 4. XRD θ–2θ scans of (a) (Cr,Mn)₂GaC sample with a Cr:Mn ratio of 1:1 in the initial powder and, (b) HCl treated (Cr,Mn)₂GaC sample.

Figure 4. XRD θ–2θ scans of (a) (Cr,Mn)2GaC sample with a Cr:Mn ratio of 1:1 in the initial powder and, (b) HCl treated (Cr,Mn)2GaC sample.

Figure 5. (a) SEM overview image of fracture surface of (Cr,Mn)₂GaC. MAX phase appears as layered grains with typical diameters of 20–40 μm and, (b) kink band in individual grain.

$Figure 5. (a) SEM overview image of fracture surface of (Cr,Mn)2GaC. MAX phase appears as layered grains with typical diameters of 20–40 μm and, (b) kink band in individual grain.$

Figure 6. Specific magnetic moment as a function of temperature for the (Cr_0.7Mn_0.3)₂GaC sample, showing evidence for magnetic transitions at 38 and 153 K.

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