Magnetic phase transitions around room temperature in Cu 9 S 5

Annette Setzer, Pablo D. Esquinazi, Lukas Botsch, Oliver Baehre, Eti Teblum, Anat Itzhak, Olga Girshevitz, Gilbert Daniel Nessim

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Abstract

We have studied the magnetization of a recently synthesized Cu (Formula presented.) S (Formula presented.) compound and found two phase transitions around room temperature. The phase transitions in the crystalline structure, characterized by XRD studies, are accompanied by changes also in the electrical resistivity. A hysteretic first-order phase transition has been found between 260 and 320 K, from a low-temperature paramagnetic anilite phase to a diamagnetic high-temperature low-digenite phase. A second order phase transition was recognized at ≃ 352 K from low digenite to a paramagnetic high-digenite structure at high temperatures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)385-395
Number of pages11
JournalPhase Transitions
Volume92
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Apr 2019

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Funding

We gratefully acknowledge the support of Prof. G. Klöß from the Institute of Mineralogy, Crystallographyand Materials Science and W. Böhlmann for the EDAX characterization. G.D.N. would like to thank the Israel Science Foundation and Israel Prime Ministry Office for alternatives initiative for partial funding of this study under the Israel Research center for Electrochemical Propulsion (INREP) (Grant: ISF 2797/11). Additionally, G.D.N. would like to thank the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for partial support. G.D.N. would like to thank the Israel Science Foundation and Israel Prime Ministry Office for alternatives initiative for partial funding of this study under the Israel Research center for Electrochemical Propulsion (INREP) (Grant: ISF 2797/11). Additionally, G.D.N. would like to thank the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for partial support. We gratefully acknowledge the support of Prof.?G.?Kl?? from the Institute of Mineralogy, Crystallographyand Materials Science and W.?B?hlmann for the EDAX characterization.

FundersFunder number
Institute of Mineralogy
Israel Prime Ministry Office
Israel Science Foundation
International Atomic Energy Agency
Israel National Research Center for Electrochemical PropulsionISF 2797/11

    Keywords

    • Copper sulphide
    • diamagnetism
    • magnetic phase transition
    • paramagnetism
    • room temperature phase transitions

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