Abstract
A new compound Sr 4V 3O 9.60±0.01 has been synthesized by solid state reaction in flowing hydrogen atmosphere. Rietveld analysis based on X-ray diffraction data shows that it has a tetragonal structure (I4/mmm) with a = 3.8457(1) A ̊ and c = 27.9017(3) A ̊ . The resistivity of the compound is 1.4 mΩ · cm at room temperature (300 K) and decreases with decreasing temperature down to about 100 K followed by a slight increase with a further decrease of temperature. The magnetic susceptibility can be represented by a summation of temperature-independent and Curie-Weiss terms. The effective number of Bohr magnetons per vanadium atom is 0.37, which is considerably smaller than the free-ion values of 2.83 for V 3+ and 1.73 for V 4+. These results suggest that electron-electron interactions among the narrow π∗ band (t 2g symmetry) electrons are important in this compound.
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