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MnGe

MAGNDATA entry 1.1.14 · source

incommensurate spiral

Incommensurate: the magnetic pattern repeats every so many cells, but not a whole number of them, so it never lines up with the crystal lattice. Here it's a spiral: the spin direction rotates as you move along.

ordered ≤ 170 K (−103 °C)Colour: where that sits relative to 25 °C. Saturation: how much margin it has.

Structure · 11 properties

Magnetic group	P2121211′(00γ)00ss
Point group	2221′
Parent space group	P 2₁3 No. 198
Repeats every	5.99 cells along c (not a whole number: that's what incommensurate means)
Propagation	[0 0 0.167] 1k
Cell	a 4.781 · b 4.781 · c 4.794 Å · α 90° · β 90° · γ 90°
Transition	170 K (−103 °C)
Measured at	2 K
Magnetic ions	Mn
Largest moment component	2.3 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 P2121211′(00γ)00ss →

Atom sites · 2 sites · CSV

site	element	x	y	z	m_a	m_b	m_c	\|m\| (μ_B)
Mn1	Mn	0.142	0.131	0.136
Ge1	Ge	0.845	0.843	0.842

Incommensurate: the moments are modulated; the picture evaluates each atom's Fourier series at its own phase.

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.L. Makarova et al. PHYSICAL REVIEW B (2012) · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.205205

Cite the original paper and MAGNDATA, not this mirror.

Original file

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