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Crystal growth, structure and magnetic properties of Sm3Ni5Al19: A compound in the Sm2n+mNi4n+mAl15n+4m homologous series

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Sm3Ni5Al19 was obtained as large rod shaped single crystals from reactive aluminium flux. Single crystal X-ray diffraction suggests that Sm3Ni5Al19 crystallizes in the Gd3Ni5Al19 structure type, orthorhombic space group Cmcm and lattice constants a = 4.0974(1) Å, b = 16.0172(6) Å and c = 27.0774(10) Å. Sm3Ni5Al19 is a member of the Sm2n+mNi4n+mAl15n+4m series with n = 1 and m = 1. The crystal structure of Sm3Ni5Al19 consists of SmNiAl4 and Sm2Al4Al15 slabs intergrown along the b-axis. Magnetic susceptibility data on Sm3Ni5Al19 confirms the paramagnetic nature with a complicated magnetic ordering below 18 K. The inverse susceptibility data follows modified Curie-Weiss law above 150 K with effective magnetic moment 1.3 μ B/Sm atoms suggests trivalent Sm atoms.

Sm3Ni5Al19 was obtained as large rod shaped single crystals from reactive aluminium flux. It is a member of the Sm2n+mNi4n+mAl15n+4m series with n = 1 and m = 1. Magnetic susceptibility data on Sm3Ni5Al19 confirms the paramagnetic nature with complicated magnetic ordering below 18 K.

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We thank Prof. C N R Rao, F.R.S for his support and guidance. We thank Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Sheikh Saqr Laboratory (SSL) for the financial support. U S and S S thank CSIR for research fellowship, A K G thanks SSL for post doctoral fellowship and S C P thanks DST for Ramanujan fellowship (Grant SR/S2/RJN-24/2010).

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SUBBARAO, U., GHOSH, A.K., SARKAR, S. et al. Crystal growth, structure and magnetic properties of Sm3Ni5Al19: A compound in the Sm2n+mNi4n+mAl15n+4m homologous series. J Chem Sci 126, 1605–1613 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-014-0682-0

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