Electron delocalization and magnetic behavior in a single crystal of ilvaite,a mixed valence iron silicate |
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| Authors: | D Ghosh T Kundu S Dasgupta Subralā Ghose |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Magnetism, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 700 032, Jadavpur, Calcutta, India
2. Mineral Physics Group, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Washington, 98195, Seattle, WA, USA
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| Abstract: | Ilvaite, Ca(Fe2+, Fe3+)Fe2+Si2O8(OH), a black mixed valence iron silicate shows considerable Fe2+?Fe3+ electron delocalization above 400 K, reminiscent of magnetite. A crystallographic phase transition from orthorhombic (Pnam) to monoclinic (P2 1/a) symmetry takes place on cooling at 343 K induced by electron ordering. In both phases, Fe2+ and Fe3+ occur in double octahedral chains parallel to the c axis. The thermal characteristics of the magnetic susceptibilities and their anisotropies in different crystallographic planes have been measured in the temperature range 400?21 K. Below 343±1K, a continuous rotation of the molar susceptibility K ∥ in the ab plane down to 90±2 K is observed, where the symmetry of the magnetic ellipsoid remains unchanged. X a, X b and X c increase abruptly below 123±0.5 K, although antiferromagnetic ordering of Fe2+ and Fe3+ spins on A sites was suggested in previous Mössbauer and neutron powder diffraction studies. In addition, 1/X a shows an antiferromagnetic maximum at 50±3 K, whereas 1/X b and 1/X c at first increase sharply below 123 K, followed by antiferromagnetic curvatures in the lowest temperature region. This behavior is consistent with the antiferromagnetic ordering of Fe2+ spins in the B sites. The observed magnetic phenomena suggest charge delocatization effects between adjacent Fe2+(A)-Fe3+(A) pairs not only along c, but also along a and b directions. The negative sign of the molar anisotropy (K ∥-K⊥) suggests a singlet ground State 5A1 for the Fe2+ ions, in agreement with previous Mössbauer studies. |
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