Anomalous pressure dependence of the Lamb-Mössbauer factor in a spin crossover system

The dependence of the f-factor on temperature and on pressure up to 1500 bar has been measured in the spin crossover compound [Fe(2-pic-ND2)3]cl2·EtOD. In the transition region around Tc=146.7 K the pressure dependence of f shows an anomalous increase, which can be explained on the basis of a theoretical model for spin transitions developed by us.