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Na₂BaMn(PO₄)₂

MAGNDATA entry 1.1.161 · 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 ≤ 1.1 K (−272 °C)Colour: where that sits relative to 25 °C. Saturation: how much margin it has.

Structure · 11 properties

Magnetic group	P11′(α,β,γ)0s
Point group	11′
Parent space group	P 3 No. 147
Repeats every	3 cells along a (not a whole number: that's what incommensurate means)
Propagation	[0.33333 0.33333 0.187] 1k
Cell	a 5.37294 · b 5.37294 · c 7.09442 Å · α 90° · β 90° · γ 120°
Transition	1.13 K (−272 °C)
Measured at	0.6 K
Magnetic ions	Mn
Largest moment component	4.4352 μ_B
Method	NSD

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 P11′(α,β,γ)0s →

Atom sites · 14 sites · CSV

site	element	x	y	z
Na1_1	Na	0.3333	0.6667	0.186
Na1_2	Na	0.6667	0.3333	0.814
P1_1	P	0.3333	0.6667	0.7371
P1_2	P	0.6667	0.3333	0.2629
O1_1	O	0.3333	0.6667	0.5229
O1_2	O	0.6667	0.3333	0.4771
O2_1	O	0.3619	0.2357	0.1871
O2_2	O	0.7643	0.1262	0.1871
O2_3	O	0.8738	0.6381	0.1871
O2_4	O	0.6381	0.7643	0.8129
O2_5	O	0.2357	0.8738	0.8129
O2_6	O	0.1262	0.3619	0.8129
Ba02_1	Ba	0	0	0.5
Mn1_1	Mn	0	0	0

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

N. Biniskos et al. PHYSICAL REVIEW B (2025) · doi:10.1103/kszh-m6bf

Cite the original paper and MAGNDATA, not this mirror.

Original file

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