Crystallographic phase transition within the magnetically ordered state of Ce2 Fe17

A. Kreyssig, S. Chang, Y. Janssen, J. W. Kim, S. Nandi, J. Q. Yan, L. Tan, R. J. McQueeney, P. C. Canfield, A. I. Goldman

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Abstract

X-ray diffraction experiments were performed on polycrystalline and single-crystal specimens of Ce2 Fe17 at temperatures between 10 and 300 K. Below Tt =118±2 K, additional weak superstructure reflections were observed in the antiferromagnetically ordered state. The superstructure can be described by a doubling of the chemical unit cell along the c direction in hexagonal notation with the same space group R 3̄ m as the room-temperature structure. The additional antiferromagnetic satellite reflections observed in earlier neutron diffraction experiments can be conclusively related to the appearance of this superstructure.

Original languageEnglish
Article number054421
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume76
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 10 2007
Externally publishedYes

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