Crystal and magnetic structure of TbNiSnD studied by neutron powder diffraction

• The crystal and magnetic structure of TbNiSnD has been studied by neutron powder diffraction. The deuteride crystallizes with the filled TiNiSi type structure (sp. gr. Pnma; a=7.0354(1); b=4.20662(9); c=8.1808(2) Å at 293 K; a=7.008(1); b=4.1954(6); c=8.153(1) Å at 2 K) and is canted ferromagnetic below 10 K. The deuterium atoms occupy the tetrahedral Tb3Ni sites. The Tb atoms carry a magnetic moment of 6.6(1) μB /Tb. They order antiferromagnetically along the a-axis and ferromagnetically along the c-axis. No significant magnetic moment on the Ni atoms has been observed by neutron diffraction. Insertion of deuterium in TbNiSn induces both a change of the magnetic structure and a reduction of the Tb magnitude of the magnetic moment.

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Neutron diffraction

Magnetic structure

Metal hydrides

Terbium

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