Structural characterization and magnetic properties of chromium jarosite KCr3(OD)6 (SO4)2
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Potassium chromium jarosite, KCr3(OH)(6)(SO4)(2) (Cr-jarosite), is considered a promising candidate to display spin liquid behavior due to the strong magnetic frustration imposed by the crystal structure. However, the ground state magnetic properties have been debated, since Cr-jarosite is notoriously non-stoichiometric. Our study reports the magnetic properties for deuterated KCr3(OD)(6)(SO4)(2) on chemically well-defined samples, which have been characteried by a combination of powder X-ray diffraction, neutron diffraction, solid state NMR spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy. Eight polycrystalline samples, which all contained only 1-3% Cr vacancies were obtained. However, significant substitution (2-27%) of potassium with H2O and/or H3O+ was observed and resulted in pronounced stacking disorder along the c-axis. A clear second-order transition to an antiferromagnetically ordered phase at T-N = 3.8(1) K with a small net moment of 0.03 mu(B) per Cr3+-ion was obtained from vibrating sample magnetometry and temperature dependent neutron diffraction. The moment is attributed to spin canting caused by the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. Thus, our experimental results imply that even ideal potassium chromium jarosite will exhibit magnetic order below 4 K and therefore it does not qualify as a true spin liquid material.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 43 |
Pages (from-to) | 25001-25010 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISSN | 1463-9076 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Nov 2020 |
- KAGOME, PURE, SPIN, NA, ANTIFERROMAGNETS, ENVIRONMENTS, DISORDER, SERIES, ORDER, FE
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