Spin-3/2 Iron Ferromagnet: Its Mössbauer and Magnetic Properties
- 10 March 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 155 (2), 563-566
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.155.563
Abstract
A spin- ferromagnetic iron compound is reported. The ferromagnet is bis-(-diethyldithiocarbamato) chloride, and has a Curie temperature of 2.5°K. Extensive susceptibility, ESR, and Mössbauer data are presented which establish conclusively that the ground electronic state of iron in this system is a spin quartet, . This behavior is uncommon for iron, and the present system is apparently the initial instance of a spin- iron ferromagnet. The iron in this complex is pentacoordinate, with site symmetry , as shown by Hoskins, Martin, and White. A consideration of the ligand field problem associated with this symmetry suggests the origin of the quartet ground term. The effects of relaxation phenomena in the ferromagnetic state have been observed in some of the Mössbauer spectra.
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