Synthèse et propriétés magnétiques de solutions solides entre l'oxyde de chrome CrO2 et l'oxyhydroxyde de cobalt CoOOH

Solid solutions of general formula (1 ? x)CrO₂, xCoOOH have been prepared by hydrothermal synthesis under very high pressure conditions (80 kb). Cr⁶⁺O₃ and CoCr⁶⁺O₄ were used as starting materials. Homogeneous ferromagnetic phases were obtained when 0 ? x ? 0.5. X ray powder patterns clearly demonstrate the isotype with InOOH, an orthorhombic distorted rutile type structure. The results of the magnetic measures performed on samples with different compositions indicate that part of the Cr⁴⁺ cation have been reduced to Cr³⁺ and that the general formula of the solid solutions should be written Cr⁴⁺_1?(x+y)Cr³⁺_yCo²⁺_xO₂H_x+y.