Relationship between the magnetic hyperfine field and the magnetic moment

Based on experimental data it is shown, for some chosen alloys and compounds of iron, that there is no unique relationship between the 57Fe-site magnetic hyperfine field, Bhf, and the magnetic moment per Fe atom, μ. Instead, the Bhf–μ plot consists of several branches, each of them being characteristic of a given alloy or compound. Consequently, the effective proportionality constant (hyperfine coupling constant) depends on the alloy system or compound, and for a given alloy system or compound it depends on the composition or even on the lattice site. Consequently, the scaling of Bhf into the underlying μ cannot be done a priori.