Earth, Planets and Space

Table 2 Transition temperatures T_V estimated from points of steepest descent in first crossings of the Verwey transition, while cooling 300-K SIRMs and warming 10-K SIRMs

From: Remanence cycling of 0.6–135 µm magnetites across the Verwey transition

Grain size (µm)	Annealing	T_V (K), cooling	T_V (K), warming
135	Annealed	122	112
110	Annealed	120
20	Annealed	116	114
14	Annealed	118	110
9	Annealed	116	110
6	Annealed	108^a	110
3	Annealed	107^a
1	Annealed	112	112
135	Unannealed	122	115
20	Unannealed		118
14	Unannealed		120
9	Unannealed		120
3	Unannealed		120
1	Unannealed		120

^aUncertain because of noisy data

Back to article page