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Thermodynamic properties and neutron diffraction studies of silver ferrite AgFeO2
A Vasiliev1, O Volkova, I Presniakov
1Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
We present thermodynamic and neutron scattering data on silver ferrite AgFeO(2). The data imply that strong magnetic frustration Θ/T(N)∼10 and magnetic ordering arise via two successive phase transitions at T(2) = 7 K and T(1) = 16 K. At T
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