ISSN:
1432-2021
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Geosciences
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Physics
Notes:
Abstract The dependence of the electronic and the crystallographic structure on temperature of synthetic Mnbearing ilvaites CaFe2+ 2-xMn2+ xFe3+ [Si2O7/O/OH] with 0≤x≤0.19 has been investigated. The change of the electronic structure was studied by 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. The spectra show an increasing valence fluctuation rate between Fe2+ and Fe3+ in the double chain of edge-sharing octahedra with increasing temperature resulting in a mixed valent state of iron. The valence fluctuation rate is distinctly increased by the Mnsubstitution. The temperature of the crystallographic phase transition T x as studied by a high temperature Guinier method is distinctly lowered by the Mn-substitution (x = 0.0, T x=390K; x = 0.12, T x =370K; x = 0.19, T x=295K). The reasons for this behaviour are discussed in terms of Fe2 +, Fe3 + cation order-disorder, electronic relaxation rate, and relaxation of the lattice. In the monoclinic phase there is electron hopping between Fe2 +, Fe3 + pairs whereas in the orthorhombic phase there is extended electron delocalization via a narrow, d-band mechanism.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00205263
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