Journal of Scientific and Technical Research (Sharda University, Noida)

Veer Singh ¹, Sulekha Batra ¹, G. P. Sachdev ¹, Indu Bhushan Sharma ¹

Affiliations
1 ISCAS Institute of Solid State and Materials Science, Jammu University Campus, Jammu, IN

Abstract

RP-type of phases with the general composition A_n+1B_nO_3n+1 form a well known class of materials exhibiting interesting n+1 n 3n+1 structural and electric transport properties. In the present study a new phase in this class of materials with the composition La₃NaMn₃O₁₀ has been synthesised in the solid state. Study of its crystal structure shows that it crystallizes 3 3 10 in a tetragonal unit cell in the space group I4/mmm. Its structural parameters have been calculated and unit cell structure drawn. Its electrical resistivity in the temperature range 10-300 K shows that it is insulator in nature and ionic conduction plays major part due to the presence of Na ion in the structure.

Keywords

RP-Type Phase, La₃NaMn₃O₁₀, X-Ray Diffraction, Electrical Resistance, Insulator.

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