Temperature dependence of the EPR of Mn2+in K2SO4

Abstract
From a study of the EPR of Mn2+ in K2SO4 as a function of temperature, Chowdari and Venkateswarlu reported a possible phase transition at 143 K. To test whether a phase transition really occurs, the spectra due to Mn2+ in K2SO4 have been re-examined in our laboratory as a function of temperature. It was found that the Mn2+ ions occupy two sites, which are quite different from those proposed by Chowdari and Venkateswarlu, and these have been identified and analysed in detail at 4.2, 77 and 300 K at both X- and Q-band frequencies. The variation of the spin hamiltonian parameters B20 and B22 for the site with the stronger spectrum has been determined throughout the temperature range 4.2-300 K. No evidence for any phase transition was found.

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