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IOP Publishing, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 23(17), p. L235-L239, 2005

DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/17/23/l03

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The giant magneto-volume effect in solid oxygen

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Abstract

X-ray diffraction measurements on alpha-solid oxygen under an applied magnetic field are reported. The volume of alpha-solid O2 is found to expand with increasing magnetic field: the lattice constants a and b elongate, while the lattice constant c and the angle beta are almost independent of the magnetic field. The maximum volume expansion observed is about 1% under a 7.5 T field, which is a giant effect compared to the volume change observed in ferromagnetic metals, such as Fe, Co and Ni. This finding indicates that a spin-dependent inter-molecular potential is essential in determining the structure of alpha-solid O2. The experimental results conform with predictions based on a magneto-elastic interaction derived from an antiferromagnetic exchange coupling of O2 spins.