Table 1.
Physical properties of cubic antiperovskite manganese nitrides Mn3AN1−δ showing magnetovolume effects.
| Lattice constant (Å) | Fitting parameters | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mn3AN1−δ A | 1−δ | TN (K) | Magnetic properties | 295 K | 400 K | 10 K | a0 (Å) | γ | θD (K) | ωs (10−3) 10 K |
| Co | 0.74 | 252 | 3.872 | 3.879 | 3.867 | 3.859 | 2.14 | 452.0 | 5.64 | |
| Ni | 0.87 | 256 | 3.888 | 3.893 | 3.886 | 3.875 | 2.11 | 525.9 | 8.18 | |
| Zn | 0.96 | 170 | 3.904 | 3.913 | 3.890 | 3.887 | 2.57 | 344.5 | 20.44 | |
| Ga | 0.92 | 288 | 3.888 | 3.897 | 3.898 | 3.873 | 2.54 | 429.2 | 19.10 | |
| Rh | 0.75 | 226 | 3.930 | 3.936 | 3.918 | 3.916 | 2.19 | 419.2 | 2.07 | |
| Pd | 0.89 | 316 | 3.993 | 3.997 | 3.982 | 3.977 | 2.42 | 484.2 | 3.60 | |
| Ag | 0.88 | 276 | Weak FM | 4.022 | 4.029 | 4.013 | 4.006 | 2.42 | 336.8 | 5.79 |
| In | 0.89 | 366 | Weak FM | 4.012 | 4.012 | 4.000 | 3.983 | 2.65 | 394.8 | 9.24 |