Antiferromagnetic Structure of Uranium Diphosphide

R. Troć, J. Leciejewicz, R. Ciszewski

physica status solidi (b) · 1966 · 52 citations · 3 references

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Abstract

Abstract The antiferromagnetic structure of tetragonal UP 2 below the Néel temperature (203 °K) is determined by neutron diffraction with polycrystalline samples. The magnetic unit cell is twice the size of the chemical one along the c ‐axis. The magnetic structure consists of ferromagnetic sheets of uranium stacked along the c ‐axis in the order + − − +. The magnetic moments of the uranium are parallel to the c ‐axis; their magnitude is (1.0 ± 0.1) BM.

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