
The tensor of elastic constants of MnAs in the ferromagnetic and paramagnetic states is evaluated from bending vibrations of straight and helical MnAs whiskers. The isotropic compressibility, predicted by the Bean-Rodbell model to be 4.6 × 10−12 dyn−1 cm2 and the same in both phases, is found experimentally to be (4.3 ± 1.0) × 10−12 dyn−1 cm2 in the paramagnetic state, changing by −0.6 × 10−12 dyn−1 cm2 at the first order phase transition. However, the data in the ferromagnetic state include magnetostrictive effects. Observation of the ΔE-effect shows that the magnetostriction softens the lattice appreciably and tends to minimize the difference in elastic constants between the two states. Die elastischen Konstanten des MnAs werden aus den Eigenfrequenzen der Biegeschwingungen von geraden und schraubenformigen Whiskern ermittelt. Die isotrope Kompressibilitat, die sich aus dem Bean-Rodbell-Modell in beiden Phasen zu 4,6 × X 10−12 dyn−1 cm2 berechnet, ergibt sich experimentell zu (4,3 ± 1,0) × 10−12 dyn−1 cm2 im paramagnetischen Zustand und andert sich um −0,6 × 10−12 dyn−1 cm2 beim Ubergang in den ferromagnetischen Zustand. Die Messungen an der ferromagnetischen Phase enthalten jedoch noch die zusatzlichen magnetostriktiven Dehnungen des Gitters. Aus Beobachtungen des ΔE-Effekts folgt, das die Magnetostriktion das Material gerade um soviel weicher macht, das der Unterschied in den elastischen Konstanten der Phasen nahezu verschwindet.
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