In:
Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), Vol. 78, No. 3 ( 2022-06-01), p. 546-556
Abstract:
The crystal structure of samarium iron borate was analyzed with regard to growth conditions and temperature. The inclusion of about 7% Bi atoms in the crystals grown using the Bi 2 Mo 3 O 12 -based flux was discovered and there were no impurities in the crystals grown using the Li 2 WO 4 -based flux. No pronounced structural features associated with Bi inclusion were observed. The different absolute configurations of the samples grown using both fluxes were demonstrated. Below 80 K, a negative thermal expansion of the c unit-cell parameter was found. The structure of (Sm 0.93 Bi 0.07 )Fe 3 (BO 3 ) 4 belongs to the trigonal space group R 32 in the temperature range 90–400 K. A decrease in the (Sm,Bi)—O, Sm—B, Sm—Fe, Fe—O, Fe—B and Fe—Fe distances is observed with a lowering of the temperature, B1—O does not change, B2—O increases slightly and the B2O 3 triangles deviate from the ab plane. The strongest decrease in the equivalent isotropic atomic displacement parameters ( U eq ) with decreasing temperature is observed for atoms Sm and O2, and the weakest is observed for B1. The O2 atoms have the highest U eq values, the most elongated atomic displacement ellipsoids of all the atoms and the smallest number of allowed vibrational modes of all the O atoms. The largest number of allowed vibrational modes and the strongest interactions with neighbouring atoms is seen for the B atoms, and the opposite is seen for the Sm atoms. The quadrupole splitting Δ( T ) of the paramagnetic Mössbauer spectra increases linearly with cooling. The Néel temperature [ T N = 31.93 (5) K] was determined from the temperature dependence of the hyperfine magnetic field B hf ( T ), which has a non-Brillouin character. The easy-plane long-range magnetic ordering below T N was confirmed.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2052-5206
DOI:
10.1107/S2052520622003948
DOI:
10.1107/S2052520622003948/xk5093sup1.cif
DOI:
10.1107/S2052520622003948/xk509390Ksup2.hkl
DOI:
10.1107/S2052520622003948/xk5093200Ksup3.hkl
DOI:
10.1107/S2052520622003948/xk5093293Ksup4.hkl
DOI:
10.1107/S2052520622003948/xk5093400Ksup5.hkl
DOI:
10.1107/S2052520622003948/xk5093Sample7_1_NoBisup6.hkl
DOI:
10.1107/S2052520622003948/xk5093sup7.pdf
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
Publication Date:
2022
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2020841-8
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