Magnetic Properties of the System SrCo_1-<i>x</i>Fe_<i>x</i>O_3-<i>y</i>

Abstract

Samples of the system SrCo 1- x Fe x O 3- y (0≤ x ≤1, 0≤ y ≤0.5) have been prepared under varying oxygen pressure and temperature and their crystal-lographic and magnetic properties have been studied. SrCoO 2.5 with brown-millerite type structure (high temperature phase) is an antiferromagnet with the Néel temperature of 570 K and the Co 3+ -O 2- -Co 3+ superexchange interaction is strongly antiferromagnetic. SrCoO 3 and SrCo 1- x Fe x O 3 ( x <0.9) with the cubic perovskite structure (high temperature phase) are ferromagnetic with the Curie temperature at about 200 K and the magnetization decreases rapidly with increasing x near SrFeO 3 whose magnetic structure is helical.