Magnetic structure of the NaCl-type NdSb compound

Pietro Manfrinetti (1) , A. Provino (2) , A. V. Morozkin (3) , Olivier Isnard (4)

1 Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale
2 DICCA - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica e Ambientale [Genova]
3 MSU - Lomonosov Moscow State University
4 NEEL - MRS - Matériaux, Rayonnements, Structure

Neutron powder diffraction experiments have been carried out on the well-known NaCl-type polycrystalline NdSb compound. The neutron diffraction data obtained in zero field at 2 K, reveal commensurate antiferromagnetic ordering with magnetic moments of Nd directed along Z axis (M(Nd) = 3.1(1) mu(B)). Thermal variation of intensity of (001) magnetic reflection shows the temperature of magnetic ordering at T(N) = 13 K.

Domaines: Science des matériaux [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]

Pietro Manfrinetti, A. Provino, A. V. Morozkin, Olivier Isnard. Magnetic structure of the NaCl-type NdSb compound. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2009, 487 (1-2), pp.L28-L29. ⟨10.1016/j.jallcom.2009.08.038⟩. ⟨hal-00989231⟩