Abstract:
The crystallographic structures of perovskite manganites La
1-xCa
xMn
0.96Fe
0.04O
3(x=0.31,0.5,0.6) were refined by Rietveld analysis of neutron diffraction data at room temperature. The refined results indicate that La
1-xCa
xMn
0.96Fe
0.04O
3(x=0.31,0.5,0.6) compound has MnO
6 type (space group: Pnma) octahedral shape. The La/Ca atoms prefer to 4c sites, the Mn/Fe atoms prefer to 4b sites, and the O atoms prefer to 4c and 8d sites. The Mn-O bond distances and the Mn-O-Mn angles were obtained. The relationship between magnetic properties and structures is discussed.