Abstract

Mossbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The crystal structure is found to be a triclinic superstructure of the NiAs structure while Fe/sub 7/Se/sub 8/ has a hexagonal structure. Changes of quadrupole shifts near 122 K for (Fe/sub 1-x/Ni/sub x/)/sub 7/Se/sub 8/ and 124 K for (Fe/sub 1-x/Co/sub x/)/sub 7/Se/sub 8/ indicate that the spin-rotation transition proceeds abruptly, in contrast to the gradual transition reported for Fe/sub 7/Se/sub 8/ with a triclinic superstructure. Isomer shifts indicate a ferrous character for the iron ions at all four sites. The Neel temperature is found to decrease with increasing nickel and cobalt concentration.

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