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PrNi₂Si₂

MAGNDATA entry 1.1.34 · source

incommensurate spin-density wave

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 spin-density wave: the size of the spin swells and shrinks as you move along.

ordered ≤ 20 K (−253 °C)Colour: where that sits relative to 25 °C. Saturation: how much margin it has.

Structure · 11 properties

Magnetic group	I4/mmm1′(00γ)00sss
Point group	I4/mmm1′
Parent space group	I 4/m m m No. 139
Repeats every	1.15 cells along c (not a whole number: that's what incommensurate means)
Propagation	[0 0 0.87] 1k
Cell	a 4.047 · b 4.047 · c 9.621 Å · α 90° · β 90° · γ 90°
Transition	20 K (−253 °C)
Measured at	1.6 K
Magnetic ions	Ni, Pr
Largest moment component	2.35 μ_B
Method	position structure from measurement at 40K

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 I4/mmm1′(00γ)00sss →

Atom sites · 3 sites · CSV

site	element	y	z
Pr1	Pr	0	0
Ni1	Ni	0.5	0.25
Si1	Si	0	0.3712

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

J.A. Blanco et al. PHYSICAL REVIEW B (2010) · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.82.054414

Cite the original paper and MAGNDATA, not this mirror.

Original file

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