Study of Structural and Magnetic Properties of Gd2MoO6 Compound

In this present work, we study the structural, microstructural, electronic and magnetic properties of Gadolinium Molybdate (Gd2MoO6) compound synthesized via solid statereactionmethod. The single-phase nature of the compound is confirmed using x-ray diffraction (XRD) technique and the structure is refined to monoclinic symmetry (C2/c, Space group 15). Surface imaging of the sample shows agranular type morphology of about 0.1 mu m.X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic measurements reveal mixed valent (4+/6+) charge states in case of Mo and also the presence of oxygen vacancies in Gd2MoO6. Magnetization measurements performed using 7T SQUID VSM reveal an overall antiferromagnetic behavior.