Studies of spinels. (VIII) Synthesis and structural study of new antimonates M5II M3III SbO12 by X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy
In: Bulletin de la Classe des Sciences de l'Académie Royale de Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Volume 66, Issue 1, p. 776-791
X-ray and Mössbauer data on spinel antimonates, with formula (MII2MIII3) [MII8MIII2Sb2]O24, with MII = Mg, Zn, Ni and MIII = Fe, Ga are presented.
The cationic orderings and distributions are widely discussed and even if no long-range cationic ordering appears, the Mössbauer data show a short-range one.
Preliminary magnetic results are also obtained.