Abstract

The particular features of the local electronic and local crystal structures of the mixed-valence compound Sm1 − x Y x S are studied by the XAFS spectroscopy methods in the temperature range 20–300 K for the yttrium concentration x = 0.17, 0.25, 0.33, and 0.45. The temperature behavior of the valence of Sm, as well as of the lengths and the Debye-Waller factors of the bonds Sm-S, Sm-Sm(Y), Y-S, and Y-Sm(Y), has been determined. The violation of the Vegard law has been observed. A model for the estimation of the energy width of the 4f level and of its position with respect to the Fermi level is proposed.

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