The crystal structures and magnetic properties of YbMg0.75In1.25 and Yb6Mg6.41In5.59
Author:
Reimann Maximilian Kai1, Pöttgen Rainer1
Affiliation:
1. Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie , Universität Münster , Corrensstrasse 30, 48149 Münster , Germany
Abstract
Abstract
The quasi-binary system YbMg2-YbIn2 was studied around the equiatomic composition. In contrast to the ordered rare earth (RE) phases REMgIn (ZrNiAl type), ytterbium forms phases with different structures and pronounced Mg/In mixing (M sites). The structures of YbMg0.75In1.25 (CaLiSn type, P3m1, a = 501.95(7), c = 1087.3(2) pm, wR2 = 0.0490, 790 F
2 values, 32 variables) and Yb6Mg6.41In5.59 (Yb6Ir5Ga7 type, P63/mcm, a = 1060.77(14), c = 970.27(16) pm, wR2 = 0.0484, 701 F
2 values, 26 variables) were refined from single-crystal X-ray diffractometer data. YbMg0.75In1.25 is an AlB2 superstructure with a tripling of the subcell. The magnesium and indium atoms form three differently puckered layers of M
6 hexagons. The Yb6Mg6.41In5.59 structure is derived from the hexagonal Laves phase YbMg2 (MgZn2 type, P63/mmc). A klassengleiche symmetry reduction leads to four crystallographically independent M sites for the rows of corner- and face-sharing tetrahedra which allow a composition close to the equiatomic one. The M–M distances in both structures cover the broad range from 289 to 331 pm, comparable to the sums of the covalent radii. Temperature dependent magnetic susceptibility studies of the polycrystalline YbMg0.75In1.25 and Yb12Mg13In11 samples indicate Pauli paramagnetism with room temperature values of 2.8(1) × 10−3 emu mol−1 (YbMg0.75In1.25) and 5.2(1) × 10−3 emu mol−1 (Yb12Mg13In11).
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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