A low-temperature time-of-flight
neutro
n powder diffractio
n studyof a simple
new solid, M
nAsO
4, i
n a samplealso co
ntai
ni
ng 20% M
n2As
2O
7has bee
n performed. M
nAsO
4 orders mag
netically at14.5(5) K, a
nd the u
nusuala
ntiferromag
netic structure below this temperature has bee
n determi
ned.O
nly half of the M
n3+ spi
ns areordered,a
nd the remai
ni
ng "idle" spi
ns show some spi
n-glass behaviorevide
nced by susceptibility measureme
nts. Theordered mome
nt is reduced to a value of 2.6
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ntities/mgr.gif">
B byfrustratio
n. It is
not possible to determi
ne which of thetwocrystallographically i
nequivale
nt M
n sublattices is mag
neticallyordered a
nd which is idle. The a
ntiferromag
neticstructure of the mi
nority phaseM
n2As
2O
7 which orders at10.5(5) K has also bee
n determi
ned.