title: Synthesis and physical properties of double perovskite Pb(2)FeReO(6).
abstract: An ordered double perovskite Pb(2)FeReO(6) was prepared at 6 GPa and 1000 degrees C. Despite the presence of Pb(2+) ions at the A site, its crystal structure was determined in a synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction study to be a centrosymmetric one with the space group I4/m (a = 5.62 A and c = 7.95 A). No structural transition to the lower symmetry was observed at temperatures down to 23 K. This compound exhibited a ferrimagnetic transition at 420 K, and its saturation magnetization could be adjusted by using different heat treatments to change the degree of Fe(3+)/Re(5+) ordering.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan. nishimura@msk.kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kousuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Masaki
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authors.lastname: Azuma
authors.forename: Shigeto
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authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Mikio
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authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Yuichi
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authors.lastname: Shimakawa