EuAuGe Type Indides RAgIn (R = Ca,Sr, La,Eu)

The equiatomic intermetallic phases CaAgIn [a = 482.75(7), b = 750.0(1), c = 835.5(1) pm], SrAgIn [a = 495.86(5), b = 794.71(9), c = 851.89(9) pm], LaAgIn [a = 489.99(5), b = 767.93(9), c = 837.53(9) pm], and EuAgIn [a = 493.02(7), b = 781.6(1), c = 844.2(1) pm] were synthesized from the elements in sealed niobum containers. They crystallize with the EuAuGe type structure, space group Imm2. The four structures were refined from single‐crystal X‐ray data. The silver and indium atoms build up orthorhombically distorted, puckered Ag₃In₃ hexagons, which are stacked in AA′ sequence, leading to direct Ag–Ag and In–In interlayer bonding (e.g. 303 and 304 pm in CaAgIn). Temperature dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements show a magnetic moment of 7.40(1) μ_B per europium atom. EuAgIn orders antiferromagnetically at 5.7(5) K. The divalent nature of europium is also evident from ¹⁵¹Eu Mössbauer spectra: δ = –10.50(1) mm · s^–1 at 78 K.