Magnetic anisotropy and intersublattice exchange interaction in Er2(Co1-xMx)17 intermetallic compounds

Concentration and temperature dependences of magnetic moment values and magnetocrystallic anisotropy constant of quasibinary intermetallic compounds of Er2(Co1–xMx)17 type, where M = Fe, Ni, are studied. It is shown that it is possible to change the magnetic anisotropy value of compounds of rare earth metals with 3d‐metals (T) and its temperature dependence by means of replacing one 3d‐ion by another in definite crystallographic lattice sites and changing the energy of intersublattice exchange interaction. [Russian Text Ignored]