Neutron diffraction study of the influence of structural disorderon the magnetic properties of Sr2FeMO6 (M=Ta,Sb)
1997
The crystal structure of the perovskite Sr
2
FeTaO
6
has been refined by simultaneous analysis of X-ray and neutron powder
diffraction data collected at 280 K; space group Pbnm,
a=5.6204(3), b=5.6161(3), c=7.9266(3) A.
The structure is of the GdFeO
3
type, with a disordered
distribution of Fe and Ta over the six-coordinate cation sites. The
structure of Sr
2
FeSbO
6
has been refined in a similar
manner; space group P2
1
/n,
a=5.6132(5), b=5.5973(5), c=7.9036(7) A,
β=90.01(1)°. The two crystallographically distinct
six-coordinate sites in Sr
2
FeSbO
6
are occupied in a
partially ordered manner [0.795(6):0.205(6)] by Fe and Sb atoms. Neutron
diffraction data collected from Sr
2
FeTaO
6
at 1.5 K
show no evidence of long-range magnetic ordering and, in the light of
previous susceptibility and Mossbauer measurements, it is concluded
that Sr
2
FeTaO
6
is a spin glass below 23 K. Neutron
diffraction data collected from Sr
2
FeSbO
6
at 1.5 K
include magnetic Bragg peaks characteristic of a type I magnetic structure
with an average ordered moment of 3.06(9) µ
B
per Fe
atom on the Fe-dominated octahedral site, and no significant ordered
moment on the second site. The magnetic Bragg scattering decreases to zero
in the temperature interval 1.5≤T/K≤37(2). It is concluded
that the partial cation ordering leads to the coexistence of a
magnetically ordered spin system and a spin-glass
system.
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