Crystallographic and magnetic phase transition in TlMnCl₃

Abstract

The results of our NMR, EPR and magnetic susceptibility measurements in the paramagnetic state of TlMnCl₃ are reported here. The NMR paramagnetic shift of thallium is found to be small but positive. Mn²⁺ EPR line is exchange narrowed. The susceptibility measurements indicate an antiferromagnetic transition. The heat of crystallographic phase transition ΔH, in TlMnCl₃ has been measured using differential scanning calorimetry. The crystallographic phase transition appears to be first order and ΔH is unusually low viz. 10 cal mole⁻¹. In the case of KMnF₃ ΔH, which is reported here for the first time, is determined to be 2 cal mole⁻¹.