ПРИЧИНА МЕТАМАГНИТНОГО ПЕРЕХОДА В EuMn0,5Co0,5O3

The magnetic properties of perovskite EuMn0.5Co0.5O3, obtained under different synthesis conditions, have been studied. It is shown that the sample obtained at 1500 °C exhibits a metamagnetic transition, whereas in the sample obtained at 1200 °C, the field dependence of magnetization as in a ferromagnet was observed. The both samples have TC = 123 K and approximately equal to magnetization in large magnetic fields. Metamagnetism is associated with a transition from a noncollinear to a collinear magnetic phase, whereas the presence of clusters with the ordering of Co2+ and Mn4+ ions leads to ferromagnetism. The noncollinear phase is formed due to the competition of positive Co2+–Mn4+ and negative Mn4+–Mn4+, Co2+–Co2+ interactions and due to large magnetic anisotropy.