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Mn₃Ge

MAGNDATA entry 0.203 · source

noncoplanar ferrimagnet

Opposite moments of different size leave a net magnetisation.

Structure · 9 properties

Magnetic group	C 2′/m′ BNS 12.62
Parent space group	P 6₃/m m c No. 194
Spins	noncoplanar · net moment 6.6 μ_B per cell
Propagation	[0 0 0] 1k
Cell	a 5.352 · b 5.352 · c 4.312 Å · α 90° · β 90° · γ 120°
Measured at	300 K
Magnetic ions	Mn
Largest moment component	1.5 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 C 2′/m′ →

Atom sites · 3 sites · CSV

site	element	x	y	z	m_a	m_b	m_c	\|m\| (μ_B)
Mn1_1	Mn	0.839	0.678	0.25	0.75	1.5	1.1	1.7022
Mn1_2	Mn	0.322	0.161	0.25	0.75	−0.75	1.1	1.7022
Ge1	Ge	0.3333	0.6667	0.25

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

A.S. Sukhanov et al. Phys. Rev. B (2018) · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.97.214402

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Original file

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