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LaMn₂Ge₂

MAGNDATA entry 1.1.94 · 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 ≤ 322 K (49 °C)Colour: where that sits relative to 25 °C. Saturation: how much margin it has.

Structure · 11 properties

Magnetic group	I42′2′(0,0,γ)-q00
Point group	42′2′
Parent space group	I 4/m m m No. 139
Repeats every	3.85 cells along c (not a whole number: that's what incommensurate means)
Propagation	[0 0 0.26] 1k
Cell	a 4.19 · b 4.19 · c 10.948 Å · α 90° · β 90° · γ 90°
Transition	322 K (49 °C)
Measured at	2 K
Magnetic ions	Mn
Largest moment component	2.6 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 I42′2′(0,0,γ)-q00 →

Atom sites · 3 sites · CSV

site	element	y	z	m_a	m_b	m_c	\|m\| (μ_B)
La1_1	La	0	0
Mn1_1	Mn	0.5	0.25	0	0	1.61	1.61
Ge1_1	Ge	0	0.38

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

G. Venturini et al. Journal of Alloys and Compounds (1994) · doi:10.1016/0925-8388(94)90141-4

Cite the original paper and MAGNDATA, not this mirror.

Original file

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