ESR Studies of Co 2+ Ions in Zinc Formate Dihydrate

Two kinds of ESR spectra, from the two kinds of sites, observed in a temperature range between 80 and 1.4 K have highly anisotropic g - and A -tensors. The crystalline field acting on the Co 2+ ions having g -components of 2.028, 3.50, and 6.68 (orthorhombic) is deduced to come from the oxygen octahedron with axial compression whereas that having 5.8, 3.3, and 3.75 (nearly tetragonal) from that with axial elongation. The former is assigned to that at A-site and the latter to B-site.