Magnetism of the antiferromagnetic spin- 32 dimer compound CrVMoO7 having an antiferromagnetically ordered state

We measured magnetization, specific heat, electron spin resonance, neutron diffraction, and inelastic neutron scattering of ${\mathrm{CrVMoO}}_{7}$ powder. An antiferromagnetically ordered state appears below ${T}_{\mathrm{N}}=26.5\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.8$ K. We consider that the probable spin model for ${\mathrm{CrVMoO}}_{7}$ is an interacting antiferromagnetic spin-$\frac{3}{2}$ dimer model. We evaluated the intradimer interaction $J$ to be $25\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1$ K and the effective interdimer interaction ${J}_{\mathrm{eff}}$ to be $8.8\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1$ K. ${\mathrm{CrVMoO}}_{7}$ is a rare spin dimer compound that shows an antiferromagnetically ordered state at atmospheric pressure and zero magnetic field. The magnitude of ordered moments is $0.73(2){\ensuremath{\mu}}_{\mathrm{B}}$. It is much smaller than a classical value $\ensuremath{\sim}3{\ensuremath{\mu}}_{\mathrm{B}}$. Longitudinal-mode magnetic excitations may be observable in single crystalline ${\mathrm{CrVMoO}}_{7}$.