Title: exchange-inversion transition
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - exchange-inversion transition
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.E02240
Status: current

Definition
A transition between antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic coupling between two subarrays of magnetic atoms. Example: Ordered $\ce{FeRh}$ changes from antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic coupling with the simple cubic $\ce{Fe}$ array in a first-order transition.

Related Terms
- coupling: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C01025
- first-order transition: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/F02390

Source
- PAC, 1994, 66, 577. 'Definitions of terms relating to phase transitions of the solid state (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 582 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466030577)

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Citation: Citation: 'exchange-inversion transition' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.E02240
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