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. 2021 Jul 23;77(Pt 4):594–604. doi: 10.1107/S2052520621005655

Table 1. Overview of the structural transitions of transition-metal pnictide (TPn) compounds exhibiting the MnP-type structure.

The reference shorthands are explained below the table. FM indicates ferromagnetic order; ∥c indicates ferromagnetically ordered spins oriented along the c axis; HM indicates helimagnetic order; ↑c indicates helimagnetic propagation vector along the c axis; FS indicates full structure; UC indicates unit-cell parameters; TE indicates thermal expansion. Reference 9 is in parentheses to indicte it is relevant but does not directly give actual data.

    Transition    
TPn Magnetic order Order Structure (cooling) Temperature Hysteresis Pressure Available structural data Superconductivity
CrP No[1] Second[1] (NiAs→MnP)[1] [>1350 (50) K][1] Ambient FS: 1.2 K, 4.2 K, 293 K[1] 17 K, 81 K, 293 K[2] 293 K[3–6]
              UC: 4–1200 K[7]  
MnP FM (∥c)[8] Second[9] MnP→MnP[10] 291.5 (2) K[11] Ambient (suppressed by p) FS: 10 K, 60 K, 293 K[10] 293[3,13,14] 0–40 GPa[15] Yes (p-induced) p c ≃ 7.8 GPa, T c ≤ 1 K[19]
  HM (↑c)[8] (Complex magnetic p-T-H-diagram) First[9] MnP→MnP*[10] *No crossing of c/b = {\surd 3} 47 K 0.24 K[9] Ambient (suppressed at p ≃ 1.4 GPa) UC: 300–1300 K[16]0.5–7 GPa[17] TE: 4–80 K[18,(9)]  
FeP HM (↑c)[20] (Second)[21] MnP→MnP[21] 125 (1) K[20] Ambient FS: 293 K[3,20,22] 30–300 K[21]
              UC: 30–1300 K[16] 0–16 GPa[23]  
              TE: 100–293 K[24]  
CoP No[16,25]           FS: 293 K[3]
              UC: 300–1300 K[7]  
VAs No[26]           FS: 293 K[26,27]
              UC: 4–1200 K[7]  
CrAs HM (↑c)[28] Second[7] NiAs→MnP[7] 1170 (20) K[7] Ambient FS: 90 K, 285 K[29] 80 K, 285 K[32] 90 K, 295 K[33] 1.5 K, 80 K, 300 K[34] (1.5–290 K)   @ 0–0.94 GPa[35] Yes (p-induced) p c ≃ 0.4 GPa, T c ≤ 2.2 K[37]
    First[29] MnP→MnP[30] 267 K[31] 7 K[31] Ambient (suppressed at p ≃ 0.8 GPa) UC: 90–320 K[30] 90–300 K[36] 100–1300 K[7]  
MnAs FM[38] (Complex magnetic p-T-H-diagram) Second[38] NiAs→MnP[38] 394 K[38] Ambient (suppressed by p) FS: 293 K[39, 40] 328 K[41] 284 K, 317 K[42] 4.2 K, 298 K[43] (15 K, 295 K)   @ 3.8 GPa[44]
    First[38] MnP→NiAs[38] 306 K[38] 11 K[38] Ambient (suppressed by p) UC: 100–500 K[45]  
FeAs HM (↑c)[46] (Second)[46] MnP→MnP[46] 77 (1) K[46] Ambient FS: 12–293 K[46] 293 K[47] 0–8.3 GPa[48]
              UC: 12–1325 K[46]  
CoAs No[49] Second[7] NiAs→MnP[50] 1225 K[50] Ambient FS: 293 K[49] 0–4.9 GPa[48]
              UC: 4–1200 K[7]  

References: [1] Selte et al. (1975); [2] Selte et al. (1972b ); [3] Rundqvist & Nawapong (1965); [4] Schönberg (1954); [5] Boller & Nowotny (1965); [6] Nowotny & Henglein (1938); [7] Selte & Kjekshus (1973a ); [8] Wang et al. (2016); [9] Shapira et al. (1981); [10] Fjellvåg & Kjekshus (1984); [11] Huber & Ridgley (1964); [12] Komatsubara et al. (1970); [13] Fjellvåg & Kjekshus (1986); [14] Zhigadlo et al. (2017); [15] Han et al. (2018); [16] Selte et al. (1978); [17] Yano et al. (2018); [18] Okamoto et al. (1968); [19] Cheng et al. (2015); [20] Felcher et al. (1971); [21] Chernyavskii et al. (2020); [22] Selte & Kjekshus (1972); [23] Gu et al. (2011); [24] Westerstrandh et al. (1977); [25] Motizuki et al. (2009); [26] Selte et al. (1972c ); [27] Bachmayer & Nowotny (1955); [28] Watanabe et al. (1969); [29] Boller & Kallel (1971); [30] Suzuki & Ido (1991); [31] Wu et al. (2010); [32] Selte et al. (1971); [33] Sen et al. (2019); [34] Keller et al. (2015); [35] Shen et al. (2016); [36] Kanaya et al. (2004); [37] Wu et al. (2014); [38] Zięba et al. (1982); [39] Nowotny et al. (1951); [40] Yuzuri & Yamada (1960); [41] Wilson & Kasper (1964); [42] Suzuki (1978); [43] Zięba et al. (1978); [44] Glazkov et al. (2003); [45] Suzuki & Ido (1982); [46] Selte et al. (1972a ); [47] Selte & Kjekshus (1969); [48] Lyman & Prewitt (1984); [49] Selte & Kjekshus (1971); [50] Heyding & Calvert (1957).