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K Padmakumar1, P T Manoharan

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Regional Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai.

Spectrochimica Acta. Part A, Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
|May 16, 2000
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Summary

Low temperature Mössbauer spectra reveal magnetic hyperfine splitting in potassium barium hexanitro ferrate(II), indicating a distorted octahedral symmetry and a 5Eg ground state, differing from prior predictions.

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Area of Science:

  • Solid State Chemistry
  • Mössbauer Spectroscopy

Background:

  • Potassium barium hexanitro ferrate(II) exhibits complex magnetic properties.
  • Previous studies suggested a 1A1g ground state based on room temperature data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the ground state and magnetic properties of potassium barium hexanitro ferrate(II) at low temperatures.
  • To elucidate the electronic structure and relaxation mechanisms influencing the Mössbauer spectra.

Main Methods:

  • Low temperature Mössbauer spectroscopy was employed.
  • Analysis of magnetic hyperfine splitting and temperature-dependent spectral changes.

Main Results:

  • Observed magnetic hyperfine splitting at low temperatures, absent in external fields.

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  • Identified a 5Eg ground state and a 5B2g excited state due to distorted octahedral symmetry.
  • Electronic relaxation among spin-orbit coupled levels of the 5Eg state explains temperature dependence.

    • Conclusions:

    • The ground state is confirmed as 5Eg, contradicting earlier 1A1g predictions.
    • Spin lattice relaxation is proposed as the mechanism for observed temperature-dependent spectral variations.