Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Magnetic Properties of the Semihard Itinerant Ferromagnet RhFe₃N

Abstract

Predictions confirmed: The phase RhFe3N (see unit cell), which was recently predicted by total-energy density functional calculations and proposed to have exciting magnetic properties, was synthesized for the first time. The experimental lattice parameter is in good agreement with the theoretical prediction, and the phase appears to be a semihard itinerant ferromagnet. The atomic magnetic saturation moment, , is 8.3 μB per formula unit, and the Curie temperature, TC, is 505(25) K.