Neutron diffraction and electrical transport studies on the incommensurate magnetic phase transition in holmium at high pressures.

Neutron diffraction and electrical transport measurements have been made on the heavy rare earth metal holmium at high pressures and low temperatures in order to elucidate its transition from a paramagnetic (PM) to a helical antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordered phase as a function of pressure. The electrical resistance measurements show a change in the resistance slope as the temperature is lowered through the antiferromagnetic Néel temperature. The temperature of this antiferromagnetic transition decreases from approximately 122 K at ambient pressure at a rate of -4.

Effects of interstitial impurities on the high pressure martensitic α to ω structural transformation and grain growth in zirconium.

Static high pressure diamond anvil cell experiments were performed on three polycrystalline Zr samples having varying interstitial impurity concentrations. Systematic increase in transition pressure with the increase in the amount of interstitial impurities is observed for the martensitic α →ω structural phase transition in Zr. Significant room temperature crystal grain growth is also observed for the two highest purity samples at the α →ω transition.