Fig. 77: Portions of refined powder X-ray diffraction patterns showing the splitting of hhlt {hhlr, hlr} reflections (Cmmm phase, P-cell: ar = br , GAMMA.GIF (GAMMA.GIF) 90° and the decoration of the hklt {hklm, hlm} reflections (Pnnm phase, am bm) at: (bottom) 44 K, paramagnetic tetragonal phase (99%) hklt; (middle) 30 K, intermediate-temperature magnetically-ordered region with highest content (31%) of Pnnm hklm; and (top) 10 K, low-temperature region with the highest content (95%) of the orthorhombic Cmmm phase hklr with maximum hhlt splitting (upper hkl markers).

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