Materials Science Forum, Vol.443-4, 383-386, 2004
A neutron diffraction study of magnetically ordered ferroelectric materials
Structural, magnetic, dielectric properties and Mossbauer effect were investigated on complex perovskite with composition AlFe2/3B1/3O3 (A=Ca,Sr,Pb,Ba; B=W,Te). The most striking feature of this type of complex perovskites is the coexistence of magnetic and anti ferroelectric types of ordering in a certain temperature interval. It was found that ferrimagnetic Ca and Sr compounds belong to a partially ordered perovskite structure, and anti ferromagnetic Pb phase to a disordered one. The possible models for nuclear and magnetic structures were proposed in accordance with the observed dielectric and magnetic properties.