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Abstract
Magnetic and structure transitions of Mn3–xFexO4 solid solutions under extreme conditions are clarified by neutron time-of-flight scattering diffraction and X-ray Mössbauer measurement. The ferrimagnetic-to-paramagnetic transition temperature (100 °C) of Mn2FeO4 spinel is different from the tetragonal-to-cubic structure transition temperature (180 °C). The structure transition temperature decreases with increasing pressure. The transition is not coupled with the magnetic transition. Synchrotron X-ray Mössbauer experiments have revealed the pressure effects on the distribution of Fe2+ and Fe3+ at the tetrahedral and octahedral sites in the spinel structure. Ferrimagnetic MnFe2O4 and Mn2FeO4 spinels show sextet spectral features with hyperfine structure elicited by internal magnetic fields. Cubic MnFe2O4 spinel and tetragonal Mn2FeO4 transform to high-pressure orthorhombic postspinel phase above pressures of 18.4 GPa and 14.0 GPa, respectively. The transition pressure decreases with increasing Mn content. The postspinel phase has a paramagnetic property. Mn2O10 dimers of two octahedra are linked via common edge in three dimentional direction. The occupancy of Fe2+ in the tatrahedral site is decreased with increasig pressure, indicating more oredered structure. Consequently, the inverse parameter of the spinel structure is increased with increasing pressure. The magnetic structure refinements clarify the paramagnetic and ferrimagnetic structure of MnFe2O4 and Mn2FeO4 spinel as a function of pressure. The magnetic moment is ordered between A and B sites with the anti-parallel distribution along the b axis. The nuclear tetragonal structure (aN, aN, cN) has the ferrimagnetic structure but the orthorhombic magnetic structure has the ferrimagnetic structure with the lattice constants (aM, bM, cM). The magnetic moment is ordered between A and B sites with the anti-parallel distribution along the bM axis.
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Physics and Chemistry of Minerals is an international journal devoted to publishing articles and short communications of physical or chemical studies on minerals or solids related to minerals. The aim of the journal is to support competent interdisciplinary work in mineralogy and physics or chemistry. Particular emphasis is placed on applications of modern techniques or new theories and models to interpret atomic structures and physical or chemical properties of minerals. Some subjects of interest are:
-Relationships between atomic structure and crystalline state (structures of various states, crystal energies, crystal growth, thermodynamic studies, phase transformations, solid solution, exsolution phenomena, etc.)
-General solid state spectroscopy (ultraviolet, visible, infrared, Raman, ESCA, luminescence, X-ray, electron paramagnetic resonance, nuclear magnetic resonance, gamma ray resonance, etc.)
-Experimental and theoretical analysis of chemical bonding in minerals (application of crystal field, molecular orbital, band theories, etc.)
-Physical properties (magnetic, mechanical, electric, optical, thermodynamic, etc.)
-Relations between thermal expansion, compressibility, elastic constants, and fundamental properties of atomic structure, particularly as applied to geophysical problems
-Electron microscopy in support of physical and chemical studies
-Computational methods in the study of the structure and properties of minerals
-Mineral surfaces (experimental methods, structure and properties)