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Title: Structure and magnetic properties of Ce₃(Ni/Al/Ga)₁₁—A new phase with the La₃Al₁₁ structure type

Abstract

Single crystals of Ce₃(Ni/Al/Ga)₁₁ were obtained from an Al flux reaction. Single crystals of the title compound crystallizing in the orthorhombic space group Immm (No. 71, Z = 2) with a = 436.38(14), b = 1004.5(3) and c = 1293.4(4) pm. This is a standardized unit cell of the previously published La₃Al₁₁ structure type. Wavelength dispersive microprobe provides the composition of Ce₃.₁₁₍₁₎Ni₀.₀₃₍₁₎Al₈.₉₅₍₁₎Ga₁.₉₀₍₁₎. Single crystal refinement provides the composition Ce₃Ni₀.₀₈Al₉.₁₃Ga₁.₇₈ with substitution of the Ni and Ga on the Al1 and Al4 sites with the Al2 and Al3 solely occupied by Al. Magnetic susceptibility measurements reveal antiferromagnetic ordering with TN = 4.8 K and there is no evidence for a ferromagnetic ordering that has been reported for Ce₃Al₁₁. The effective magnetic moment was found to be μeff = 1.9μB/Ce, which is lower than the expected value for trivalent Ce (2.54μB/Ce).

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [5]
  1. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States); Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat, Munster (Germany)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Zhejiang Univ., Zhejiang (China)
  3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
  4. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  5. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1190777
Grant/Contract Number:  
DMR-1100313
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Crystals
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2073-4352
Publisher:
MDPI
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; cerium; single crystal; magnetism; aluminum

Citation Formats

Janka, Oliver, Shang, Tian, Baumbach, Ryan E., Bauer, Eric D., Thompson, Joe D., and Kauzlarich, Susan M. Structure and magnetic properties of Ce₃(Ni/Al/Ga)₁₁—A new phase with the La₃Al₁₁ structure type. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.3390/cryst5010001.
Janka, Oliver, Shang, Tian, Baumbach, Ryan E., Bauer, Eric D., Thompson, Joe D., & Kauzlarich, Susan M. Structure and magnetic properties of Ce₃(Ni/Al/Ga)₁₁—A new phase with the La₃Al₁₁ structure type. United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst5010001
Janka, Oliver, Shang, Tian, Baumbach, Ryan E., Bauer, Eric D., Thompson, Joe D., and Kauzlarich, Susan M. Sun . "Structure and magnetic properties of Ce₃(Ni/Al/Ga)₁₁—A new phase with the La₃Al₁₁ structure type". United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst5010001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1190777.
@article{osti_1190777,
title = {Structure and magnetic properties of Ce₃(Ni/Al/Ga)₁₁—A new phase with the La₃Al₁₁ structure type},
author = {Janka, Oliver and Shang, Tian and Baumbach, Ryan E. and Bauer, Eric D. and Thompson, Joe D. and Kauzlarich, Susan M.},
abstractNote = {Single crystals of Ce₃(Ni/Al/Ga)₁₁ were obtained from an Al flux reaction. Single crystals of the title compound crystallizing in the orthorhombic space group Immm (No. 71, Z = 2) with a = 436.38(14), b = 1004.5(3) and c = 1293.4(4) pm. This is a standardized unit cell of the previously published La₃Al₁₁ structure type. Wavelength dispersive microprobe provides the composition of Ce₃.₁₁₍₁₎Ni₀.₀₃₍₁₎Al₈.₉₅₍₁₎Ga₁.₉₀₍₁₎. Single crystal refinement provides the composition Ce₃Ni₀.₀₈Al₉.₁₃Ga₁.₇₈ with substitution of the Ni and Ga on the Al1 and Al4 sites with the Al2 and Al3 solely occupied by Al. Magnetic susceptibility measurements reveal antiferromagnetic ordering with TN = 4.8 K and there is no evidence for a ferromagnetic ordering that has been reported for Ce₃Al₁₁. The effective magnetic moment was found to be μeff = 1.9μB/Ce, which is lower than the expected value for trivalent Ce (2.54μB/Ce).},
doi = {10.3390/cryst5010001},
journal = {Crystals},
number = 1,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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