Abstract
The magnetic ordering of α-Mn 2O 3 has been studied by neutron powder diffraction measurements. An antiferromagnetic ordering occurs with the magnetic unit cell equivalent to the crystalline unit cell. Our results are compared with the results of previous works. The main antiferromagnetic Bragg peaks have different temperature dependence of their intensities, suggesting that the magnetic ordering in α-Mn 2O 3 cannot be described by a single order parameter. The temperature dependence of magnetization near 0 K for these peaks differs from Bloch’s T 3/2 law. The majority of the magnetic peaks disappear at 80 K, which was reported earlier as the Néel temperature. The (100) peak, forbidden in the crystal structure of α-Mn 2O 3 is present up to 100 K. A new collinear model of the magnetic ordering of α-Mn 2O 3 at 10 K is presented.
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