Magnetic Susceptibility for $CaV_4O_9$

Abstract

We examine experimental magnetic susceptibility $χ^{tot}(T)$ for CaV$_4$O$_9$ by fitting with fitting function $αχ^{mag}(T) + c$. The function $χ^{mag}(T)$ is a power series of 1/T and the lowest order term is fixed as $C/T$, where $C$ is the Curie constant as determined by the experimental $g$-value (g=1.96). Fitting parameters are $α$, $c$ and expansion coefficients except for the first one in $χ^{mag}(T)$. We determine $α$ and $c$ as $α\simeq$ 0.73 and $c\simeq$ 0 for an experimental sample. We interpret $α$ as the volume fraction of CaV$_4$O$_9$ in the sample and $χ^{mag}(T)$ as the susceptibility for the pure CaV$_4$O$_9$. The result of $α\ne 1$ means that the sample includes nonmagnetic components. This interpretation consists with the result of a perturbation theory and a neutron scattering experiment.