Table 2.

Physical properties of antiperovskite manganese nitrides Mn₃AN_1−δ without magnetovolume effects: C, cubic; T₁ and T₄, tetragonal and a∗ represents the cubic root of the pseudo-cubic-cell volume.

Mn3AN1−δ							Lattice constant Å
A	1−δ	T>T∗1	T∗1 (K)	T∗1>T>T∗2	T∗2 (K)	T∗2>T	295 K	10 K
							a=3.907
Cu	0.95	PM, C	143	FM, T−1	−	−	a=3.907	c=3.846
								(a∗=3.887)
							a=5.431	a=5.424
Ge	0.75	PM, C	600	AF, T4	380	FM, T4	c=8.119	c=8.035
							(a∗=3.912)	(a∗=3.895)
Sn	0.76	PM, C	550	AF, C	45	FM, C	a=4.061	a=4.049
							a=4.183	a=4.157
Sb	0.91	PM, C	360	FM, T+1	−	−	c=4.289	c=4.273
							(a∗=4.218)	(a∗=4.195)