The influence of temperature on structure Gd2Fe17
films are carried out. A films were prepared with the help of a thermal
evaporation at different temperatures of NaCl-substrate carriers and then
were exposed by thermal action in a column of the microscope. The temperature
of substrate carriers changed within 300-400K range, and limits of thermal
effect on films make 300-800K. Structural studies were carried out
with using of the electron microscope.
Electron diffraction investigation of the films precipitated at Тs=300K
have shown, that these condensates are amorphous. It is noted, that at
heating of such films the initial phase at crystallization are
a-Fe crystallites sizes increase at with temperature. It is confirmed by
of a half-width of the diffraction peaks in electron diffraction patterns
reduce and it is also indicated in estimation of the sizes of crystallites
electron-microscopic images. At further increase of temperature (up 100K
higher then temperature of an initial a-Fe crystallization) the crystallization
of Gd enriched amorphous matrix starts and as result Gd6Fe23
crystallites are formed (structural type Gd6Fe23,
space group Fm-3m). Crystallization of amorphous Gd2Fe17 films completed
by forming of polycrystalline film a-Fe and Gd6Fe23.
Significative the different pattern is observed in phase formation kinetic
in mode of deposition of films of Gd2Fe17
alloy, obtained at heated substratecarriers. In Тs=400
К range t are observed amorphous films. At Тs=500K
there films become as amorphous-crystalline. At the further increase of
temperature of substrate carrier the fraction of a polycrystal phase increases.
The interpretation of electron diffraction patterns has shown, that the
polycrystalline films will consists three phases: Gd2Fe17
(60 %) structural type Th2Ni17,
Gd2Fe17
(30 %) structural type Th2Zn17
and in a little (about. 10 %) GdFe5
structural type CaCu5.