Abstract
We report the effect of annealing atmosphere on structure and magnetic and dielectric properties of double perovskite-type EuCo0.5Mn0.5O3 (ECMO). Polycrystalline samples prepared by high-temperature reaction were subjected to annealing in different oxygen partial pressures and investigated by powder X-ray diffraction, magnetometry, and ac impedance spectroscopy. While the samples annealed in air or oxygen environment were found to have cation-disordered orthorhombic structure (Pnma), the samples annealed in inert atmosphere have Eu3+ deficient perovskite-type structure. The temperature- and field-dependent magnetizations indicate the ferromagnetic transition around 130 K. The differences in field-cooled and zero-field-cooled magnetization and significant effect of magnetic field on magnetic properties suggest metamagnetic behavior in ECMO. Randomly distributed clusters of ferromagnetically (FM) and antiferromagnetically (AFM) paired magnetic ions and their relative proportions are reflected in their magne...
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