Initial magnetic susceptibility of Sn films with Cr, Mn, Fe, Co and Ni

Sn alloys with additions of 3d elements are artificially produced by vapour quenching on a liquid helium cooled substrate. The magnetic susceptibility of the as produced films is measured in situ by a sensitive ac magnetic induction method. The experimental result demonstrates that all mentioned 3d atoms have no localized magnetic moment in Sn except crystalline SnMn ( S = {4}/{2}), amorphous SnMn ( S = {3}/{2}) and crystalline SnCr ( S = 1). SnFe and SnCo become magnetic at the percolation limit of 25 at % of the 3d element, SnNi does not. The Sn systems with localized magnetic moment show spinglass behaviour.