A
second-order transition from a
paramagnetic or ferromagnetic state to a spin-glass state in which spins from moment-bearing solute
atoms become ordered randomly in a non-magnetic host such that the net magnetization
of any region is zero.
Examples:
Au–Fe,
Cu–Mn
and
Mo–Fe
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 577
(Definitions of terms relating to phase transitions of the solid state (IUPAC Recommendations
1994))
on page 591