EPR of Mn2+ in Fe(NH4)2(SO4)26H2O, Zn(NH4)2(SO4)26H2O, and Mg(NH4)2(SO4)26H2O: Mn2+-Fe2+...

Abstract
X-band EPR measurements on Mn2+-doped single isostructural crystals of three Tutton salts M(NH4 )2(SO4 )2⋅6H O2, M=Fe, Zn, and Mg, have been made at room, liquid-nitrogen, and liquid-helium temperatures. A least-squares fitting method, employing numerical diagonalization of the spin Hamiltonian matrix, fitting simultaneously a large number of resonant field line positions, has been adopted to accurately evaluate the spin Hamiltonian parameters. The intensities of lines at liquid-helium temperature have been used to determine the absolute signs of parameters. From the known shape of the paramagnetic sample (M=Fe), the Mn2+-Fe2+ exchange interaction has been estimated to be 3.75 GHz in the paramagnetic host Fe(NH4 )2(SO4 )2⋅6H 2O, using the g shift in the paramagnetic from that in the diamagnetic hosts (M=Zn, Mg).