Abstract
A single crystal of was grown by a modified floating-zone refining technique, and its magnetic susceptibilities and Hall coefficients in the directions of both the a and c axes were measured over a temperature range from room temperature to 1000 K. The susceptibilities were constantly negative over the temperature range and possessed a minimum value at 770 K. The temperature dependence of the hole concentration estimated from observed data of the Hall measurement suggested that above 770 K the susceptibility is primarily dominated by the contribution from charge carriers. The chemical composition of the crystal was estimated at by quantitative chemical analysis. A theoretical curve of susceptibility was calculated by assuming that the excess Cr atoms act as ions in the crystal. The observed susceptibilities were in good agreement with the theoretical curve. It was concluded that the Cr atoms constituting a stoichiometric lattice are quadrivalent by reason of their negligibly small contribution to the susceptibility.
- Received 2 July 1990
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.42.10761
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