Zn location in the W-type hexagonal ferrite SrZnCoFe16O27.

The title compound, SrZnCoFe(16)O(27) (ZnCo-W), strontium zinc cobalt hexadecairon oxide, crystallizes in space group P6(3)/mmc, with the Sr atom at a site with -6 m 2 symmetry and Zn(2+) located at two tetrahedral sites (4e and 4f, each with 3m symmetry) of the spinel blocks. The Zn occupancy is 36% on equipoint 4e and 14% on 4f. The enrichment of diamagnetic ions on one of seven sublattices is thought to be responsible for the high temperature dependence of the saturation magnetization.