Crystal Structure of Magnetite Fe3O4 ( spinel structure )
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Crystal Structure of Magnetite Fe3O4 ( spinel structure )
Magnetite, Fe3O4 crystallizes with the spinel structure. The large oxygen ions are close packed in a cubic arrangement and the smaller Fe ions fill in the gaps. The gaps come in two flavors:
tetrahedral site: Fe ion is surrounded by four oxygens
octahedral site: Fe ion is surrounded by six oxygens
The tetrahedral and octahedral sites form the two magnetic sublattices, A and B respectively. The spins on the A sublattice are antiparallel to those on the B sublattice. The two crystal sites are very different and result in complex forms of exchange interactions of the iron ions between and within the two types of sites.
tetrahedral site: Fe ion is surrounded by four oxygens
octahedral site: Fe ion is surrounded by six oxygens
The tetrahedral and octahedral sites form the two magnetic sublattices, A and B respectively. The spins on the A sublattice are antiparallel to those on the B sublattice. The two crystal sites are very different and result in complex forms of exchange interactions of the iron ions between and within the two types of sites.
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