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Practical guide to measurement and interpretation of magnetic properties (IUPAC Technical Report)Abstract: Rules are pointed out to protect the magnetochemist from pitfalls in both measurement and interpretation of magnetic data. Carefully chosen magnetic field strengths during magnetic susceptibility measurements guarantee the recording of genuine data. With the help of examples, the effect of too strong applied fields is demonstrated producing magnetic saturation and, for example, quenching of weak ferro-or antiferromagnetic spin-spin couplings. In consequence, the data run the risk of being misinterpreted unless model susceptibility equations are applied that take the field dependence of χ m into consideration. Recommendations are given for the presentation of experimental and theoretical data. The limited applicability of the most overworked formula in paramagnetism, the Curie-Weiss law χ m = C/(T-θ), is clearly presented (magnetically condensed systems, pure spin magnetism). While rough and ready susceptibility formulae are applicable to specific 3d and 4f systems, the complex situation for the remaining d and f centers, including actinides, demands computer programs which consider simultaneously interelectronic repulsion, ligand field potential, spin-orbit coupling, interatomic exchange interactions, and applied magnetic field.
Breaking the law: Whereas antiferromagnetic interactions in crystalline carboxylates of lanthanides are often observed, ferromagnetism is unknown. The first example of a ferromagnetic interaction is observed for a crystalline sample of the gadolinium compound [{Gd(OAc)3(H2O)2}2]⋅4 H2O (see picture Gd: gray, O: red).
Abstract. The new ternary compounds UP 2 S 6 , UP 2 S 7 , U(P 2 S 6 ) 2 , and U 3 (PS 4 ) 4 were prepared from uranium metal, phosphorus pentasulfide, and sulfur at 700°C. The crystal structures were determined by singlecrystal X-ray diffraction methods. UP 2 S 6 (I) crystallizes in the ZrP 2 S 6 structure type [tetragonal, P4 2 /m, a = 6.8058(7) Å, c = 9.7597(14) Å, Z = 2], which consists of central uranium(IV) atoms coordinated by P 2 S 6 4-anions (staggered conformation). The anions are two-dimensional connectors for four uranium cations arranged in one plane. The structure of UP 2 S 7 (II) [orthorhombic, Fddd, a = 8.9966 (15) ligands, the resulting 3D network contains large pores (diameter approx. 3.5 ϫ 16.7 Å). In the previously reported compound U(P 2 S 6 ) 2 (III) [I4 1 /a, a = 12.8776(9) Å, c = 9.8367(10) Å, Z = 2], the
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