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The electronic and magnetic structure of the octahydrophosphate vivianite, Fe3(PO4)2·8H2O, has been investigated by cluster molecular orbital calculations in local spin density approximation. Optical and Mössbauer spectra are well reproduced by the calculations, and the differences between the two iron sites can be correlated with differences in the geometrical structure of the first coordination sphere. The spin structure within the crystallographic ac plane is derived and explained on the basis of different superexchange pathways via edges of the phosphate tetrahedra. The calculations demonstrate that quite large clusters (up to 118 atoms) are necessary to arrive at reliable results.
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Received: 6 January 2000 / Accepted: 7 June 2000
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Grodzicki, M., Amthauer, G. Electronic and magnetic structure of vivianite: cluster molecular orbital calculations. Phys Chem Min 27, 694–702 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002690000125
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002690000125