Experimental search for the first-order phase transition in Fe with H↘ along a [111] direction

Abstract
High‐resolution magnetization measurements in Fe single crystal spheres at 4.2 and 1.09 K do not exhibit the predicted first‐order phase transition for H↘=H⃗0[111]. Measurements at 0.1° intervals near the expected [111] direction, analyzed to determine the maximum slope δM/δHi, gave no indication of approach to a critical region. The obervation of the transition in DyAl2 and R‐E iron garnets but not Fe is not presently understood.

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