Published March 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Study of the magnetic structure in the spinel oxides MnGa x Fe1-x CrO4 by neutron diffraction

  • 1. Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1000 (Bangladesh)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000 (Bangladesh)
  • 3. Studsvik Neutron Research Laboratory, Uppsala University, SE-611 82 Nykoeping (Sweden)

Description

Magnetic properties of the spinel system MnGa x Fe1-x CrO4 have been investigated using neutron diffraction (ND) technique in the temperature range 600 K≥T≥10 K. The distribution of the magnetic moments in the tetrahedral (A) and octahedral (B) sublattices and their ordering as a function of temperature and composition has been determined. Ferrimagnetic transition temperatures and spin compensation temperatures have been determined for all the specimens. The features observed in the ND results are explained in the light of competing inter and intra-sublattice exchange interactions. A diffuse signal was found to exist below the innermost Bragg reflection with a general increase with increasing compositions indicating the formation of short-range spin clusters

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jmmm.2006.10.950;
PII
S0304-8853(06)02162-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Journal Volume
310
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. e968-e970
ISSN
0304-8853
CODEN
JMMMDC

Conference

Title
17. international conference on magnetism
Dates
20-25 Aug 2006
Place
Kyoto (Japan)

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Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.