Published November 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Synthesis, crystal and magnetic structure of a novel brownmillerite-type compound Ca2Co1.6Ga0.4O5

  • 1. Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Department of Materials Chemistry, Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 3. Department of Structural Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm (Sweden)

Description

The novel compound Ca2Co1.6Ga0.4O5 with brownmillerite (BM) structure has been prepared from citrates at 950oC. The crystal structure of Ca2Co1.6Ga0.4O5 was refined, from neutron powder diffraction (NPD) data, in space group Pnma, a=5.3022(6)A, b=14.884(2)A, c=5.5276(6)A, χ2=1.798, RF2=0.0455, Rwp=0.0378 and Rp=0.0292. On the basis of the NPD refinement the compound was found to be a G-type antiferromagnet (space group Pn'm'a) at room temperature, with the magnetic moments of cobalt atoms directed along chains of tetrahedra in the BM structure. Electron diffraction and electron microscopy studies revealed disorder in the crystallites, which can be interpreted as the presence of slabs with BM-type structure of Pnma and I2mb symmetry

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jssc.2004.08.018;
PII
S0022-4596(04)00458-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Journal Volume
177
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 4251-4257
ISSN
0022-4596
CODEN
JSSCBI

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