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ZnFe₂O₄

MAGNDATA entry 0.1196 · source

s-wave ferrimagnet

Opposite moments of different size leave a net magnetisation.

Spin group ¹m¹3̄¹m: each symmetry marked ¹ keeps every spin, ² swaps up and down.

ordered ≤ 10 K (−263 °C)Colour: where that sits relative to 25 °C. Saturation: how much margin it has.

Structure · 11 properties

Magnetic group	R 3 m′ BNS 166.101
Point group	3m′
Parent space group	F d 3 m No. 227
Spins	collinear · net moment 8.813 μ_B per cell
Propagation	[0 0 0] 1k
Cell	a 8.4588 · b 8.4588 · c 8.4588 Å · α 90° · β 90° · γ 90°
Transition	10 K (−263 °C)
Measured at	300 K
Magnetic ions	Fe
Largest moment component	1.096 μ_B
Method	NPD

Symmetry

Stereogram of the magnetic point group: each operation applied to one direction. Filled = upper hemisphere, ring = lower; red operations include time reversal. Lines are mirrors; polygons are 2/3/4/6-fold axes; the centre ring is inversion.

Every structure in R 3 m′ →

Atom sites · 8 sites · CSV

site	element	x	y	z	m_a	m_b	m_c	\|m\| (μ_B)
Zn1	Zn	0.125	0.125	0.125
Fe1	Fe	0.125	0.125	0.125	−1.096	−1.096	−1.096	1.8983
Zn2_1	Zn	0	0	0.5
Fe2_1	Fe	0	0	0.5	0.866	0.866	0.866	1.5
Zn2_2	Zn	0	0.25	0.75
Fe2_2	Fe	0	0.25	0.75	0.866	0.866	0.866	1.5
O1	O	0.9989	0.9989	0.2511
O2	O	0.2511	0.2511	0.2511

Moment components are along the crystal axes a, b, c (μ_B), as magCIF writes them. Symmetry generates the rest of the cell from these sites.

Source

Henrik L. Andersen et al. CrystEngComm (2025) · doi:10.1039/d4ce01001a

Cite the original paper and MAGNDATA, not this mirror.

Original file

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