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In order to establish the atomic order (or disorder) of Li atoms in LiFe5O8, a crystallographic structure refinement and a spectroscopic Mössbauer study are made. Several polycrystalline and monocrystalline samples are separately heat treated and studied. The results are in agreement with the existence of a short‐range order in the disordered phase. An exact fit of the Mössbauer spectra is done and distinguishes three FeB sites and two FeA sites magnetically inequivalent. The calulated dipolar fields are consistent with values determined by NMR.

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S e w measurements of magnetic properties of pure FeCr,S, and CoCr2S, have been carried out. The g-factors of cobalt, iron, and chromium in these compounds were evaluated. Exchange interactions were deduced from computation of the experimental paramagnetic and magnetization curves. De nouvelles mesures des propriiftifs magnktiques ont iftif effectukes sur les coniposirs FeCr,S, et CoCr,S, obtenus A 1'6tat pur. Les facteurs g du cobalt, fer et chrome dans ces composes ont At8 irvaluifs. Le calcul des courbes de paramagnetisme et d'aimantation permet de difduire les interactions d'bchange. lntroductionIron and cobalt thiochromite (FeCr,S, and CoCr,S,) exhibit two crystallographic structures : a ferrimagnetic spinel phase and an antiferromapnetic nickel arsenide defect structure phase.These two thiochromites were first prepared in powder form from high purity elements (Fe, Co, Cr at 99.999%, S at 99.99999%). X-ray examination showed that no binary compounds were present.Octahedral single crystals up to 5 mni were grown by vapour transport using chlorine (FeCr,S,) or bromine (CoCr,S,) [I, 21. Low temperature X-ray photographs (down to 77 OK) show that no .Jahn-Teller distortion appears [ l , 21. The absence of any Jahn-Teller distorsion is consistent with the neutron diffraction results [3, 41, no distorsion appears down to a temperature of 4.2 OK. These compounds present semiconductor-like conductivity [5, 6, 21. Magnetic MeasurementsAll measurements were carried out on powdered monocrystalline material. PeC'r,Y,The paramagnetic susceptibility was measured between 200 and 1100 OK.The Curie temperature was found to be T , = 195 "K and Op = -290 OK. The reciprocal molar susceptibility vs. T (for 1' > 300 OK) can be fitted by the equation (Fig. 1 ) Taking into account the temperature dependence of the molecular field coefficients : n = no (1 + y T) (y = -lo-, in FeCr,S,, calculated from the NBel relations [IS]) the relation becomes 1 690 -~ + 41.8 -___ 1 _ -XJI 6.92T -208 '