Thermodynamics of the spin transition in [FexZn1-x(2-pic)3]Cl2.EtOH
Thermodynamics of the spin transition in [FexZn1-x(2-pic)3]Cl2.EtOH
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[FexZn1-x(2-pic)3]Cl2.EtOH 中自旋跃迁的热力学
DOI:
10.1016/0022-3697(92)90055-i
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发表时间:
1992
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
P. Gütlich
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作者:
R. Jakobi;H. Spiering;P. Gütlich
With a new type of calorimeter we reinvestigated the specific heatCpof the mixed crystals [FexZni1−x(2-pic)3]Cl2· EtOH in the temperature range from 15 to 300 K. On the basis of a phenomenological thermodynamic model the anomaly in theCp(T) curve of the mixed crystal (x= 0.73) can be quantitatively described as a result of the spin transition (1A1(low spin, LS) →5T2(high spin, HS)). The parameters of the Gibbs free energy were independently derived from the temperature dependence of the HS fraction γ in [FexZn1−x(2-pic)3]Cl2· EtOH. The pure iron complex (x= 1) exhibits a two-step spin transition. In the temperature range between the two steps the entropy obtained from theCpvalues is lower than expected from a random mixture of HS and LS complexes in the crystal. This reduction of entropy is interpreted in terms of an ordering of HS and LS molecules.