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Crystal structure and magnetic properties of Sm{sub 2}ReO{sub 5}

Journal Article · · Journal of Solid State Chemistry
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  1. Technische Hochschule Darmstadt (Germany)
Crystals of disamarium rhenium (IV) pentoxide, Sm{sub 2}ReO{sub 5}, were obtained by subsolidus reaction of samariumsesquioxide and rheniumdioxide (ratio 1:1) in sealed Pt 10Rh tubes at 1673 K. The structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Sm{sub 2}ReO{sub 5} crystallizes in the tetragonal system with unit cell dimensions a = 8.646(3) {angstrom} and c = 5.747(2) {angstrom} and space group P4/n (no. 85) with Z = 4. The structure consists of isolated RE{sub 2}O{sub 8} groups and the (Sm{sub 4}O) chains are inter-connected by common oxygen atoms to form a three-dimensional network. Each Re{sub 2}O{sub 8} group is composed of a pair of rhenium each surrounded by four oxygens with a short Re-Re distance of 2.251(1) {angstrom} indicating a metal-metal bond. Rhenium has the formal oxidation state of +4. The observed magnetizations in the temperature range 1.8 < T < 100 K exhibits antiferromagnetic ordering below 2.4(1) K and obey a Curie-Weiss law modified by a temperature-independent Van Vleck paramagnetism of samarium (3+) for T > 4.5 K.
OSTI ID:
567612
Journal Information:
Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Journal Name: Journal of Solid State Chemistry Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 132; ISSN 0022-4596; ISSN JSSCBI
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English