Structure and magnetic properties of sulfides of the type CdRE2S4 and Mg(GdxYb1−x)2S4

L. Ben-Dor*, I. Shilo

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Abstract

CdRE2S4 (RE = Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb) and Mg(GdxYb1−x)2S4 were prepared by solid-state reactions. All the cadmium-containing compounds are cubic, i.e., the Th3P4 structure for Gd, Tb, and Dy and the spinel type for all the others. The first three compounds were deficient in CdS. In the case of the Mg system, for x = 1 the system is cubic Th3P4, for x = 0 cubic spinel, and for 0 < x < 1 orthorhombic MnY2S4 (Cmc21). All the materials studied are paramagnetic above 77 K. Below 77 K in the magnesium family both cubic materials are paramagnetic down to 4.2 K and the orthorhombic materials show magnetic ordering. In the cadmium family all but CdTm2S4 show exchange coupling.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)278-285
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Solid State Chemistry
Volume35
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1980

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