V. S. GRUNIN et al.: Temperature Dependence of the EPR Spectra of Cr3+ and Cr5+ 765 phys. stat. sol. (b) 98, 765 (1980) An investigation is made of EPR spectra of CaV,O, and BaV20, single crystals doped with chromium. It is found that the point symmetry of the paramagnetic Cr3+ and C P ions depends on temperature. It follows from t,he symmetry of the Cr5+ spectrum in BaV,O, and its superhyperfine structure a t T = 77 K that the Cr5+ ion is displaced to one of two neighbouring V atoms. The observed change of the impurity ion symmetry cannot be explained both by the off-centre ion theory and the Jahn-Teller effect. HCCJIeEOBaHbI CneKTpbI 3nP MOHOKpUCTaJIJIOB CaV,O, U BaV,O, C EpUMeCbIO XpOMa. 3KCEepUMeHT nOKa3aJI, 9 T O TOge9HaH CUMMeTpUX IlapaMarHUTHbIX IlOHOB Cr3r U Cr6+ MeHHeTCH C TeMIlepaTypO6. H3 CHMMeTPUH CneKTpa UOHOB Cr5' B BaV,O, U ero CylIep-CBepXTOHHOfi CTpYKTYPbI npU T = 77 K CJleEyeT, ' XTO 3TOT MOH CMeUeH K OAHOMY M3 EByX COCeHHUX aTOMOB BaHaEUH. H~~J I K I @~M O~ kl3MeHeHHe CMMMeTpUK npUMeCHbIX UOHOB He MOIHeT 6bITb 06' bHCHeHO B PaMKaX MOAenU HeUeHTpanbHOCTU UJIU 3@@eKTa HHa-Tennepa.s = 112, g, = 1.983 k 0.001, A , = (2.24 & 0.02) X J , A, = (1.67 +_ 0.02) X J , A , = (0.4 & 0.2) x J , A; = (1.21 & 0.02) x J , A , = (7.04 k 0.02) X lopz6 J, J . g, = 1.901 & 0.001 . A; = (9.92 5 0.02) X The 2 and z axes of gand A-tensors for two non-equivalent centres are in the (001) plane and form the angles k0.262 rad with the [010] and [loo] axes, respectively, the y-axis being the corninon one and coincides with the [OOl] axis of crystal. The 2' and z' axes of the SHFS form the angle +0.350 rad with the z and z axes, 9' ) I [OOl] is common. 2.2 Temperuture dependence of the spectra 2.2.1 Cr3+ When the temperature was decreased below about 270 K every line of the Cr3+ ion spectrum in CaV,O, was doubled. The distance of the pairs increases when lowering temperature to about 200 I< and is constant for further decrease of temperature.