Published November 11, 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

High-pressure synthesis of ferromagnetic Mn3Ge with the Cu3Au-type structure

  • 1. Department of Materials Chemistry, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579 (Japan)

Description

A new intermetallic compound, Mn3Ge, has been synthesized by direct reaction of elemental components at 6.2 GPa and 1000 deg. C for 30 min using a belt-type high-pressure apparatus. The compound crystallizes into a cubic structure with the space group Pm3m, namely the L12-type (Cu3Au-type) structure. The structure was refined by Rietveld analysis of the powder x-ray diffraction data and the lattice constant was determined as a = 0.380 19(3) nm. The compound shows metallic conductivity and ferromagnetism with a Curie temperature of 400 K

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Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/14/11147/c244e2.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter (ISSN 1361-648X) http://www.iop.org/

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Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
14
Journal Issue
44
Journal Page Range
p. 11147-11150
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL