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Developments in Ceramic Materials Research

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Sm (J/Kmol)<br />

Sm (J/Kmol)<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Magnetic Studies… 123<br />

Sm teor = 1.39 R = 11.5 J/Kmol S = 3/2<br />

T N<br />

Mo(PO 3 ) 3<br />

0<br />

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35<br />

T(K)<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

a<br />

Sm teor = 1.79 R = 14.9 J/Kmol S = 5/2<br />

T N<br />

Fe(PO 3 ) 3<br />

0<br />

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35<br />

T(K)<br />

Figure 20. Magnetic entropy of (a) Mo(PO 3) 3 and (b) Fe(PO 3) 3 as a function of temperature. The<br />

horizontal solid l<strong>in</strong>e represents the ΔS maximum. The vertical solid l<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong>dicates the order<strong>in</strong>g<br />

temperature.<br />

b<br />

The most important difference between both S= 3/2 systems, Cr and Mo, is observed at<br />

the order<strong>in</strong>g temperature where the experimental entropy ga<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> Cr(PO3)3 is significantly<br />

higher than that obta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> Mo(PO3)3. This is probably due to the different size of the<br />

metallic cations (see Table 3). The S(TN)/Smax ratio exhibits similar values for the Cr (S= 3/2)<br />

and Fe (S= 5/2) metaphosphates, be<strong>in</strong>g higher than that of the Mo (S= 3/2) phase, <strong>in</strong>dicat<strong>in</strong>g<br />

than <strong>in</strong> those compounds the relatively value of the entropy <strong>in</strong> the order<strong>in</strong>g temperature seems<br />

to be more dependent on the cation size than on the magnetic sp<strong>in</strong>.

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