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Study of magnetism in osmium cluster compounds as molecular models for small metallic particles

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The magnetic susceptibilities of a series of cluster carbonyl compounds of osmium have been measured by a high-sensitivity Faraday method and the evolution of certain aspects of ‘metallic’ behaviour in the high-nuclearity clusters is revealed by a steady increase in the excess molecular susceptibility as the cluster size increases. We also consider here ‘metallic’ status in the cluster compounds of other transition elements.

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  3. University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK

    P. P. Edwards, W. J. H. Nelson & M. D. Vargas

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Johnson, D., Benfield, R., Edwards, P. et al. Study of magnetism in osmium cluster compounds as molecular models for small metallic particles. Nature 314, 231–235 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/314231a0

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