Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetic Properties of Sr2NiOsO6 and Ca2NiOsO6: Two New Osmium-Containing Double Perovskites
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Two new double perovskite oxides, Ca2NiOsO6 and Sr2NiOsO6, have been prepared as polycrystalline powders bysolid state synthesis. The two oxides were structurally characterized by variable-temperature powder neutron diffraction.Ca2NiOsO6 was found to adopt a monoclinic structure (P21/n), while Sr2NiOsO6 was found to be tetragonal (I4/m).Magnetic susceptibility measurements indicate that Ca2NiOsO6 orders in a canted antiferromagnetic state at about175 K while Sr2NiOsO6 orders antiferromagnetically at about 50 K.