I. Bueno et al., SYNTHESIS, THERMAL-DECOMPOSITION, MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES AND VIBRATIONALSTUDY OF THE SERIES LN(OH)CRO4 (LN=Y,DY-LU), Journal of alloys and compounds, 225(1-2), 1995, pp. 237-241
Single crystals of the isostructural series Ln(OH)CrO4, Ln=Y,Dy-Lu, we
re grown by the hydrothermal method. They crystallize in the monoclini
c system, P2(1)/n and Z=8. The lattice parameters decrease when the at
omic number of the lanthanide cations increases, owing to the lanthani
de contraction. Thermal decomposition in nitrogen flow, magnetic behav
iour in the 4.2-300 K temperature range and vibrational spectra (IR an
d Raman) of these compounds have been investigated.