Spin-glass state and ferromagnetic order in Cu(II)－Fe(III) cyanides

The static and dynamic magnetic properties of a Prussian blue analogue, molecular magnet Cu^Ⅱ_{3}Fe^Ⅲ(CN)_6]_2·3NH_3·6H_2O were investigated in detail. The H dependence of the linear AC susceptibility, the irreversibility in the field-cooled (FC)/zero-field-cooled (ZFC) magnetization (M_{FC}/M_{ZFC}) and the relaxation of M_{ZFC} suggest that the magnetic system can be visualized as containing a ferromagnetic cluster of spin below T_C, mixed with small spin-glass clusters formed below temperature T_g less than T_C. The observed magnetic properties are explained with a ferromagnetic-spin-glass phase model. The magnetic ordering of the sample occurs below 19.8K.