Cu_3RE_2W_4O_{18} tungstates (RE = Gd, Dy-Er) are paramagnets in the temperature range 4.2-300 K visible also in the absence of the energy losses in the curve of the imaginary part of magnetic susceptibility, χ". The negative values of the paramagnetic Curie-Weiss temperature, θ, may suggest the weak antiferromagnetic coupling below 4.2 K. The temperature independent component of magnetic susceptibility has a positive value indicating a domination of the Van Vleck contribution. Calculations of the effective number of the Bohr magnetons revealed that the orbital contribution to the magnetic moment comes mainly from the RE^{3+} ions.
Thermoelectric power, electrical resistivity, I-V characteristics, relative electrical permittivity, dc magnetization and ac magnetic susceptibility measurements carried out on Cu_5SbO_6 showed p-type semiconducting behaviour with the activation energy of 0.24 eV as well as ferrimagnetic order with the Néel temperature of 5.2 K. The effective magnetic moment of 5.857 μ_{B}/f.u. revealed the orbital contribution to the magnetic moment. Large value of the relative electrical permittivity indicated that the Cu^{2+} ions with the unscreened and unfilled electron shells are responsible for the polarizability and forming of electric dipoles.
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