NEUTRON-DIFFRACTION STUDY OF THE FERRIMAGNETIC SPINEL NICO2O4

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BATTLE, PD [1 ]
CHEETHAM, AK [1 ]
GOODENOUGH, JB [1 ]
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[1] INORGAN CHEM LAB,OXFORD OX1 3QR,ENGLAND
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10.1016/0025-5408(79)90066-7
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Neutron-diffraction experiments at 4.2K on a polycrystalline sample of the spinel NiCo2O4 prepared at 320°C revealed 92% occupancy of the tetrahedral (A) sites by cobalt and Neel ferrimagnetism with mean A-site and B-site moments 〈μA〉 = 2.29(9)μB and 〈μB〉 = -0.97(13)μB. Diffuse scattering and electron microscopy demonstrated variations with position in the Ni/Co ratio. These and literature-magnetization data are interpreted with the assumption that the σ-bonding d orbitals form itinerant-electron states with overlapping energies for A-site Co2+ and B-site Ni2+ configurations. The formal valencies for these ions become low-spin CoA(3-δ)+ and NiB(2+δ)+, where δ increases with externally applied field H. © 1979.
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