TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT MAGNETIC BEHAVIOR Of Ho2Fe17-xCrx (x = 0.5, 1, 2)

Ho2Fe17-xCrx (x = 0.5, 1, 2) is a ferrimagnetic system with TC lying in the temperature range T = 394 – 415 K. The magnetization of the compounds at different values of H (0.05 T – 7T) in the temperature range T = 4 – 380 K have been reported. The overall behavior has been explained by the temperature and field dependent magnitude of the rare earth moment in addition to the Fe-sublattice. The lower temperature (