Structure of magnetite (Fe 3O 4) above the Curie temperature: A cation ordering study

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-176

  Levy, Davide ^a   Giustetto, Roberto ^a   Hoser, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cation partitioning; Magnetic order; Magnetite; Neutron powder diffraction

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ANALYSIS; CATION ORDERING; CATION OXYGEN BONDS; CATION PARTITIONING; DEGREE OF ORDER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC DIFFRACTION; MAGNETIC FEATURES; MAGNETIC ORDERS; MAGNETIC TRANSITIONS; NEUTRON POWDERS; OCTAHEDRAL SITES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TETRAHEDRAL SITES; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS;

BOND LENGTH; CURIE TEMPERATURE; DIFFRACTION; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETITE; NEUTRON POWDER DIFFRACTION; OXYGEN; POSITIVE IONS;

THERMAL EXPANSION;

CATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CURIE POINT; MAGNETITE; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 84856226694     PISSN: 03421791     EISSN: 14322021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00269-011-0472-x     Document Type: Article

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