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ErCr₂Si₂

MAGNDATA entry 0.486 · source

antiferromagnet

No net magnetisation, and up and down sublattices are related by a shift or by inversion, so the bands stay spin-degenerate: a conventional antiferromagnet.

Spin group ¹4/¹m¹m¹m × ²1: each symmetry marked ¹ keeps every spin, ² swaps up and down.

ordered ≤ 692 K (419 °C)Colour: where that sits relative to 25 °C. Saturation: how much margin it has.

Structure · 10 properties

Magnetic group	I 4′/m′ m′ m BNS 139.536
Parent space group	I 4/m m m No. 139
Spins	collinear · net moment 0 μ_B per cell
Propagation	[0 0 0] 1k
Cell	a 3.8954 · b 3.8954 · c 10.633 Å · α 90° · β 90° · γ 90°
Transition	692 K (419 °C)
Measured at	2 K
Magnetic ions	Cr, Er
Largest moment component	1.41 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 I 4′/m′ m′ m →

Atom sites · 3 sites · CSV

site	element	y	z	m_a	m_b	m_c	\|m\| (μ_B)
Er1	Er	0	0
Cr1	Cr	0.5	0.25	0	0	1.41	1.41
Si1	Si	0	0.3888

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

O. Moze et al. Eur. Phys. J. B (2003) · doi:10.1140/epjb/e2004-00006-4

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Original file

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