A Mössbauer study of a single crystal of the β phase of iron–germanium
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Β Phase
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57Fe Mössbauer spectra were obtained by scattering in a narrow angle geometry from a face, containing the basal plane, of a single crystal of the hexagonal β phase Fe1.67 Ge. Spectra were also obtained from a source of 57Co diffused into an a–c face of a single crystal of this alloy. In all cases, the spectra were satisfactorily resolved into three six-line patterns, and measurements of the relative intensities of the lines indicate that the antiferromagnetic state has a canted structure with all the spins lying in the basal plane.