Effect of the substitution of Ti for Y on structural properties and hyperfine interactions in Y1-xTixFe2 compounds

Abstract Room temperature 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction measurements are reported for a series of Y1 xTixFe2 polycrystalline samples. Our research shows that except for x = 0 and x = 1, the samples are a mixture of two C15 and C14 pseudobinary Laves phases. Some Ti atoms occupy the crystallographic positions 8a characteristic of the Y atoms in the cubic C15 structure while the rest of them form the hexagonal C14 phase. However, the lattice constant dependencies on concentration x suggest the occurrence of Y atoms in the positions 4f characteristic of Ti atoms in the hexagonal C14 structure. The partial substitution of Ti atoms for Y atoms is responsible for the HMF changes in the cubic phase. Contrary to the situation taking place in the Zr1 xTixFe2 compounds, magnetic arrangement in the pseudobinary hexagonal phases is not observed at room temperature.