Affiliation:
1. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Institute for Applied Materials (IAM) Herrmann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Germany
Abstract
AbstractDirect current (DC) magnetometry data obtained for polycrystalline Mg3V4(PO4)6 were fitted by various magnetic models based on angular momentum basis states. As a result, single‐ion anisotropy of the magnetic V 3+ ions could be identified to decisively determine the magnetic properties of Mg3V4(PO4)6 and not antiferromagnetic exchange interaction between V ions as supposed in literature. It could be demonstrated analytically, by utilization of the Van Vleck equation, that also single‐ion anisotropy can lead to a linear and origin shifted inverse susceptibility curve in the high temperature region. The Weiss constant obtained from a Curie‐Weiss fit to such a susceptibility curve might falsely be ascribed to antiferromagnetic exchange interactions if additional low temperature magnetic properties are not considered for verification.