ISSN:
1573-1626
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying
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Geosciences
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Physics
Notes:
Summary The mineralogical and magnetic properties of the magnetic iron-sulfide symthite (Fe9S11 from the Sokolov Basin, Czech Republic, were studied. Our experimental results show that smythite is hexagonal with cell edges a0=3.468 Å and c0=34.470 Å. Thermomagnetic measurements Ms(T) (Ms: saturation magnetization) and χ(T) (χ: susceptibility) were performed in order to study the thermal alteration of the smythite. Its Curie point could not be determined. The hysteresis loops had a shape typical for SD - grains with relatively low values of saturation magnetization (Ms=10.3 Am2/kg) and coercive forces of ≈ 37 mT. Similarities in the magnetic, crystallographic, and the Mössbauer parameters to the structure of pyrrhotite (Fe7S8) suggest that smythite could be antiferromagnetic with vacancy ordering resulting in a small net magnetic moment similar to that in pyrrhotite.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01613583
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