Table 1 Comparison of magnetic moments from different methods

From: Element-specific Curie temperatures and Heisenberg criticality in ferrimagnetic Gd6(Mn1−xFex)23 via Kouvel-Fisher analysis

 

Band structure

Neutron diffraction

Sum rule analysis

3s analysis

(µB)

Y6Mn23 (µB)25

1 T (µB)

(µB)55

Mn (4b, 24d)

−2.63

−2.18

-

−2.25

Mn (f1, f2)

+1.82

+1.78

-

+1.77

net Mn/f.u.

+10.6

+13.4

+8.6

+12.6

 

( +0.46/Mn)

( +0.58/Mn)

( +0.36/Mn)

( +0.55/Mn)

Gd/ f.u.

+43.2

-

+42

-

 

( +7.2/Gd)

-

( +7.0/Gd)

-

MTot

53.8

55.4*

50.3

54.2*

  1. *Since Gd moments were not available from neutron diffraction as well as 3s analyses, the corresponding MTot was obtained using the Gd spin moment estimated from sum rule analysis results, µGd = +7µB; f.u.: formula unit.
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