Magnetic ordering in hydrofullerite C60H24

Abstract Hydrofullerites C 60 H x synthesised at hydrogen pressures of 0.6 and 3 GPa were found to possess ferromagnetic properties at room temperature. The magnitude of magnetisation varied from sample to sample and reached 0.001–0.16 Bohr magnetons per C 60 molecule at H =10 kOe. The coercivity of all the samples was about 100 Oe. The hydrofullerites had either an fcc or bcc lattice formed of C 60 H x units. The maximum values of magnetisation were observed for the fcc hydrofullerites with x ≈24.