Abstract
The intermetallic compound Au5Mn2 has been investigated by neutron diffraction and x-ray techniques and the temperature variations of the magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity and Young's modulus have been measured. The compound is shown to be antiferromagnetic with a Neel temperature of 353 °K, and to have identical chemical and magnetic unit cells. Each contains four manganese atoms with ionic moments of spin S = fraction five-twos arranged in a co-linear antiferromagnetic array. Above the Neel temperature the magnetic susceptibility showed Curie-Weiss behaviour, with a Curie temperature of +100 °K. Characteristic antiferromagnetic anomalies were also observed in the temperature variation of resistivity and Young's modulus.
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