Abstract
First, general aspects of magnetovolume effects in various kinds of magnetic materials are summarized. Then the magnetovolume effects in rare earth-transition metal intermetallic compounds RM2 are reviewed. RCo2 show large magnetovolume effects which are attributable to an induced Co moment. We have recently observed a large spontaneous volume magnetostriction in the RMn2 series. Among them YMn2, which has been found to be an antiferromagnet, shows the largest volume magnetostriction of about 5%. On the other hand, it has been reported that some Np cubic Laves phase intermetallic compounds also show large pressure effects. These large magnetovolume effects can be interpreted generally in terms of itinerant electron ferromagnetism taking into account spin fluctuations, i.e. a local band theory of itinerant ferro- or antiferromagnetism.
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