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LiFe(SO₄)₂

MAGNDATA entry 0.120 · source

altermagnet

No net magnetisation, yet the electron bands are spin-split: the up and down spin sublattices are related only by a rotation or mirror, never by a shift or inversion.

Spin group ²2/²m: each symmetry marked ¹ keeps every spin, ² swaps up and down.

ordered ≤ 35 K (−238 °C)Colour: where that sits relative to 25 °C. Saturation: how much margin it has.

Structure · 11 properties

Magnetic group	P 2₁/c BNS 14.75
Point group	2/m
Parent space group	P 2₁/c No. 14
Spins	collinear · 1 nodal planes · net moment 0.04 μ_B per cell
Propagation	[0 0 0] 1k
Cell	a 4.7974 · b 8.3815 · c 7.8956 Å · α 90° · β 121.83° · γ 90°
Transition	35 K (−238 °C)
Measured at	1.85 K
Magnetic ions	Fe
Largest moment component	4.33 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 P 2₁/c →

Atom sites · 7 sites · CSV

site	element	x	y	z	m_a	m_b	m_c	\|m\| (μ_B)
Fe1	Fe	0	0	0	0	0.02	4.33	4.33
Li1	Li	0.581	0.025	0.524
S1	S	0.2974	0.1797	0.7592
O1	O	0.0413	0.1296	0.7985
O2	O	0.2602	0.1067	0.5871
O3	O	0.2876	0.3564	0.7391
O4	O	0.3781	0.6428	0.5594

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

M. Reynaud et al. Inorganic Chemistry (2013) · doi:10.1021/ic401280e

Cite the original paper and MAGNDATA, not this mirror.

Original file

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