Magnetovolume and chemical bonding effects of Sn atom in the γ'-(Fe1-xSnx)4N compounds

Combining x-ray diffraction and high pressure Mossbauer spectroscopy,the structure and the hyperfine parameters of Sn substituted for Fe in γ'-Fe4N were in-vestigated. The results of x-ray diffraction indicate that single phase γ'-(Fel-xSnx)4Ncompounds can be synthesized in the composition range 0≤ x ≤ 0.3, and the latticeparameter can be well fitted with two linear formulas α0(x) = 3.795 + 0.019 × x (0.0≤x ≤0.10) and α0(x) = 3.795+ 0.228 × (x- 0.1)(0.10 ≤ x ≤0.30) for different contentof Sn. Using high pressure Mossbauer spectra, the influences of the magnetovolunceffect and the chemical bonding effect of Sn atom on the hyperfine magnetic field andthe isomer shift were first distinguished. It is found that the magnetovolume and thechemical bonding have different influences on the properties of γ'-(Fe1-xSnx)4N, andthe latter plays a more important role.