The
serie
s of
solid
solution
s Y[Fe<
sub>1鈭?/
sub>
<sub>xsub>Co
<sub>xsub>(CN)<
sub>6
sub>]路4H<
sub>2
sub>O (0 猢?#xA0;
x 猢?#xA0;1) were prepared and characterized by mean
s of powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), Infrared and M枚
ssbauer
spectro
scopy and magnetic mea
surement
s. The thermal decompo
sition proce
ss ha
s been followed by thermogravimetric and differential thermal analy
si
s (TGA-DTA). The cry
stal
structure of the complexe
s wa
s refined by mean
s of Rietveld analy
si
s. The Y[Fe<
sub>1鈭?/
sub>
<sub>xsub>Co
<sub>xsub>(CN)<
sub>6
sub>]路4H<
sub>2
sub>O complexe
s cry
stallize in the orthorhombic cry
stal
sy
stem,
space group
Cmcm. The Y<
sup>3+
sup> ion i
s eight-coordinated forming a bicapped di
storted trigonal pri
sm YN<
sub>6
sub>O<
sub>2
sub>. The Fe<
sup>3+
sup> and Co<
sup>3+
sup> ion
s are
six-coordinated in the form of an irregular octahedra (Fe,Co)C<
sub>6
sub> group and cyanide linkage
s between YN<
sub>6
sub>O<
sub>2
sub> and (Fe,Co)C<
sub>6
sub> group
s build an infinite polymeric array.
The M枚ssbauer spectra of all solid solutions Y[Fe<sub>1鈭?/sub><sub>xsub>Co<sub>xsub>(CN)<sub>6sub>]路4H<sub>2sub>O present quadrupolar splittings with negative isomer shifts values due to the existence of a strong 蟺 back-bonding effect from the Fe<sup>3+sup> ion towards the CN ligands.
All compounds follow the Curie-Weiss law showing anti-ferromagnetic interactions at very low temperatures.