Effect of non-stoichiometry on the magnetic properties of NiS2

Abstract
Susceptibility measurements in magnetic fields up to 40 kG between 4 and 300 K on nickel disulphide samples in the composition range NiS1.91-NiS2.09 show that stoichiometric NiS2.00 is a Curie-Weiss paramagnetic substance. A sharp magnetic transition occurs at 31 K on samples which lie below stoichiometry. Below this temperature a low magnetic moment (-1 mu B/at.Ni) is obtained by susceptibility measurements. The presence of two phases is considered in order to understand what kind of transition occurs. The possible existence of a second magnetic transition at higher temperature is also discussed.

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