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GdCuSn

MAGNDATA entry 1.504 · 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 ¹2/¹m × ²1: each symmetry marked ¹ keeps every spin, ² swaps up and down.

ordered ≤ 24 K (−249 °C)Colour: where that sits relative to 25 °C. Saturation: how much margin it has.

Structure · 10 properties

Magnetic group	P_C n a 2₁ BNS 33.154
Parent space group	P 6₃ m c No. 186
Spins	collinear · net moment 0 μ_B per cell
Propagation	[1/2 0 0] 1k
Cell	a 9.062 · b 4.531 · c 7.333 Å · α 90° · β 90° · γ 120°
Transition	24 K (−249 °C)
Measured at	4 K
Magnetic ions	Gd
Largest moment component	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 P_C n a 2₁ →

Atom sites · 3 sites · CSV

site	element	x	y	z	m_a	m_b	m_c	\|m\| (μ_B)
Gd1	Gd	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Cu1	Cu	0.1667	0.6667	0.81
Sn1	Sn	0.1667	0.6667	0.228

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

H. Ryan et al. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter (2017) · doi:10.1088/1361-648X/aa977a

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