The effect of core electrons on the spin transfer parameters
ENDOR measurements and covalency arguments have been used to investigate the electron distribution in CsCdF3 crystals containing Mn2+ and Ni2+. The bond structure is of the form M—F−—Cd2+ (M = Mn2+ or Ni2+) and the measured isotropic supertransferred hyperfine interaction (sthfi) at the Cd site is related to the unpaired spin fraction fσ in the 2pσ orbital of F− by three different theoretical approximations. In these three methods it is assumed that [Formula: see text] orbital of the 3d ion, and the 2pz orbital of the F− ion make eovalent bonds with the (4s), (3s,4s,5s), and (1s,2s,3s,4s,5s) sets of orbitals of the Cd2+ ion respectively. The results show that cadmium core s electrons make important contributions to the isotropic sthfi. However, it seems that fσ values obtained are fairly insensitive to the approximations used.