Hydrides of the intermetallic compound Mn3Sn have been prepared at 350 degrees C and pressures of molecular hydrogen between 2.8 and 4.0 GPa. The hydrides with an approximate composition Mn3SnH were found to have a cubic perovskite structure. A Sn-119 Mossbauer study revealed that they are magnetically ordered between 4.2 and 300 K and undergo a magnetic transition at T-M less than or similar to 200 K.
The isothermal section of the phase diagrams of ternary V-Mn-Sn and V-Mn-Sb systems has been investigated at 770 and 870 K, respectively. No ternary compounds were observed. The systems are characterised by the existence of solid solutions based on the binary compounds. The temperature dependence of the electrical resistivity and differential thermopower for (V,Mn)(3)Sb solid solution has been measured. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
The isothermal section of the phase diagram of ternary Ti-Mn-Sn system has been investigated at 770 K. The existence of new TiMnSn4 ternary compound was established and its crystal structure was determined. TiMnSn4 stannide crystallizes in the Mg2Ni structure type (space group P6(2)22, a=0.55537(1) nm, c=1.40326(2) nm). For the given compound the temperature dependences of electrical resistivity, differential thermopower and magnetic susceptibility were investigated. On the basis of binary Mn3Sn, Ti6Sn5 and Ti3Sn compounds the solid solutions were formed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Structural, magnetic and transport properties of Mn3.1Sn0.9 and Mn3.1Sn0.9N compounds
The cubic anti-perovskite Mn3.1Sn0.9N compound is prepared via nitrogenation of the hexagonal Mn3.1Sn0.9 compound. A magnetic phase diagram of Mn3.1Sn0.9 compound is constructed by analysis of data of its magnetic properties. For Mn3.1Sn0.9N compound, parasitic ferromagnetism exists in the temperature range of 5-370 K, besides a spin-reorientation at about 280 K. Mn3.1Sn0.9 compound exhibits a metallic conducting behavior, while Mn3.1Sn0.9N displays a metal-nonmetal transition due to the electron localization caused by the static disorder. The differences of the physical properties between the both compounds, are discussed, in terms of the correlation of the hexagonal DO19 and the cubic anti-perovskite structures, the reduction of the distances between Mn atoms, and the spin-pairing or charge transfer effect due to the electron donation by N 2p to Mn 3d states after introduction of N atoms into the interstitial sites of Mn3.1Sn0.9 compound. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.