T(z) diagram and magnetic behavior of the Zn1−zMnzIn2Te4 alloy system

Measurements of X-ray diffraction, differential thermal analysis (DTA) and of magnetic susceptibility χ, in the temperature range from 2 to 300 K, were carried out on polycrystalline samples of the Zn1−zMnzIn2Te4 alloy system. The X-ray diffraction patterns were used to check the equilibrium conditions and to estimate crystalline parameter values. The DTA transition temperature values were plotted as a function of alloy composition z. The 1/χ vs T curves indicated that samples in the α1I4¯ range (0