Mossbauer and x-ray diffraction measurements have been made on M,~xFe,(PyNO),(C10,)2, where M is Zn or Mg, for 0 < x s 1. It has been possible to reproduce the Mossbauer spectra reasonably well using a model in which the ferrous ions experience a small off-axial distortion from the nominal trigonal (C3J site symmetry. The Mossbauer results indicate that the proportion of Fe" ions in sites that are distorted from trigonal symmetry varies as a function of iron concentration in the Zn-Fe series but remains apparently invariant across the Mg-Fe series. The unit-cell volume of these compounds was found to exhibit a strong non-linear dependence on composition for the Zn-Fe system, whereas a roughly linear relation was found for the Mg-Fe system. Furthermore, the behaviour of the unit-cell volume appears to be correlated with the composition-dependent changes in the proportion of ferrous ions distorted from C3, site symmetry.
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