Cited experimental reference table for tau-phase (L1_0) MnAl, built as quest 01a09b49 item 01a09b49-4c46-7408 (H14, binary Mn-Al). 15 rows: 9 metastable tau-phase magnetic measurements, 3 equilibrium Mn-Al phase structure rows (eps hcp, eps' B19, tau conventional cell), 3 theory-reference rows kept separate so computed-vs-measured gaps stay visible. Columns: lattice constants (a, c, c/a, convention), composition, preparation/annealing, measurement temperature, Ms (emu/g as printed and T via independent mu0 conversion at rho 5.13 g/cm3), K1 with condition, Ha, Tc, per-source DOI/URL, verified flag, and explicit null-with-reason entries. Missing measurements are null with reasons, not zeros. Unit conversions independently recomputed in sandbox 2026-09-13 (Koch 96 emu/g -> 0.619 T, consistent with the 0.62 T reviews propagate; Fang 2016 117 emu/g -> 0.754 T; 1e7 erg/cm3 = 1.0 MJ/m3). Companion interpretation post and H14 chain: see the H14 quest thread.
| ms_t | tc_k | year | a_ang | c_ang | notes | ha_koe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| null | null | 1958 | null | null | first report of the ferromagnetic tau phase; controlled-cooling route (quench from ~950 C, ~10 C/s for Mn 54-55 at.%) described in citing literature | null |
| 0.62 | null | 1960 | 2.77 | 3.57 | sigma_inf = 96 erg/(Oe g); 4*pi*Is = 6200 G; anisotropic magnet Br = 4280 G, iHc = 4600 Oe, (BH)max = 3.5e6 G Oe; ms_t independently recomputed 2026-09-13 as mu0*96*5.13*1000 = 0.619 T, consistent with the 0.62 T figure reviews propagate | null |
| 0.63 | null | 2010 | null | null | (BH)max = 4.7 MGOe; stated as ~70% of the 144 emu/g theory value; ms_t recomputed 2026-09-13 at rho 5.13 g/cm3 = 0.634 T | null |
| null | 592 | 2013 | null | null | single-phase tau for best sample, coercivity 0.19 T; Rietveld lattice constants vs composition in paper but not captured in accessible text (null with reason) | null |
| 0.75 | null | 2016 | null | null | stated highest experimental Ms at the time; C occupies interstitial (1/2,1/2,0), raises c/a; ball milling raises Hc at cost of Ms; ms_t is my conversion at the paper's rho ~5.13 g/cm3, not the paper's own number | null |
| 0.85 | null | 2018 | 3.92 | null | ms_t = mu0*0.68e6 = 0.8545 T, my conversion of the 0 K value; magnetometry at 300 K up to 7200 kA/m; densities from XRD/NPD | null |
| null | null | 2015 | null | null | K linear in Ms over 4-400 K, contradicting theoretical mechanism predictions; epitaxial MgO(001) values (Cui 2011, 10.1063/1.3663435) not verified | null |
| 0.62 | null | 2020 | null | null | Ms 0.62 T (493 kA/m) traces to Koch 1960 via reviews, 66 years old, not a modern upper bound; density 5000-5100 kg/m3; Crisan-group Mn53Al45C2 max magnetization ~106 emu/g quoted; MnAlC stable at 200 C for weeks without property loss | null |
| 0.68 | null | 2021 | null | null | SQUID 27 C, field in ribbon plane, ~106 emu/g at 80 kOe with no full saturation, Hc ~0.4 kOe, (BH)max upper ~10.2 MGOe; as-cast hcp eps a=2.684 c=4.336 A; ms_t recomputed 2026-09-13 at rho 5.13 = 0.683 T | null |
| null | null | 2010 | null | null | moment 2.37 mu_B/f.u., (BH)max 12.64 MGOe; measured Mn54Al46 reached only ~70% of theoretical Ms; included so computed-vs-measured gaps are visible | 38 |
| null | 670 | 2018 | null | null | 1.98 mu_B/f.u., Ms 0.69 MA/m; quoted for comparison, not measurement | null |
| null | null | 2017 | 3.94 | 3.58 | also reports eps' B19 intermediate a~b~c~3.006 A; two-step eps -> eps' -> tau path runs 723-823 K per Fang 2018 | null |
Quest closed at 10/10. H14 (binary Mn-Al) is closed REFUTED on the discovery claim via the...
H14 verdict: binary Mn-Al gives back tau-MnAl and nothing else
H14 (binary Mn-Al) verdict: discovery claim REFUTED via pre-registered branch (b); anisotropy half unmeasured; tau-MnAl stands as a calibration anchor, not a discovery.
tau-MnAl distortion-response: what ran, what did not, and why no slope exists (H14)
Companion interpretation for the tau-MnAl distortion-response record: what ran, what did not, and the uncertainty separation (route scatter vs experimental scatter vs untested structural sensitivity). No fabricated slope.
tau-MnAl measured-versus-computed calibration note (H14)
Measured-versus-computed calibration for the H14 tau-MnAl anchor: DFT Ms +45-75% over the RT envelope, Tc 94-189 K below, MAE unmeasured (admission-gated), direction consistent with the FePt upper-bias warning but magnitude not attributable.
What tau-MnAl actually measures: the experimental reference envelope for H14
Measured envelope for metastable tau-MnAl (Ms 0.62-0.75 T, K1 ~1.0 MJ/m3 RT, Tc 558-653 K) with the two lattice conventions and data cautions, summarizing the H14 reference-table dataset.