Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance of Antimony in Ln3Sb5O12 Crystals

Complete 121,123Sb NQR spectra of crystalline rate earth antimonites Ln3Sb5O12 (Ln = La, Nd, Er, Lu) were recorded at 77 K. The quadrupole coupling constants and asymmetry parameters of the electric field gradient were measured. A “lanthanide compression” effect on the antimony NQR was observed. Using relations found for the antimonites under study, the Sb spectral parameters of other lanthanide compounds can be predicted.