The effect of Ba-substitution at Sr site on the structure, magnetoresistance and magnetic properties of Lao 67(Sri.,;BaJo.33Mn03 samples with x = 0.00, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 1.00 has been investigated. Single phase samples were obtained by a conventional solid state reaction method with rhombohedral (x = 0.00) and orthorombic (x = 1.00) structure. The grain size increases with Ba content. Low field magnetoresistance phenomenon at low temperature can be observed for all samples. However it vanishes at 300 K for x = 0.75 and 1.00. The variation of MR% value is small ranging between 16 to 18% at 100 K in an applied field of 1 T. All samples show a single magnetic transition from the ferromagnetic (FM) state to the paramagnetic (PM) state as the temperature increases. Curie temperature, Tc decrease with increasing Ba concentration.
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