“…According to the XRD pattern, YMO-CS-B ceramic samples consist of wellcrystallized h-YMO (JCPDS # 25-1079, S.G. P6 3 cm) and orthorhombic YMn 2 O 5 (JCPDS # 34-0667, S.G. Pbam) as the secondary phase (Fig 1b , Table I). We could hardly avoid the formation of orthorhombic YMn 2 O 5 since this phase is stable up to 1100 o C [7,39], but above this temperature, it decomposes into h-YMnO and ferrimagnetic Mn 3 O 4 [7,21], which can deteriorate the samples magnetic properties. On the other hand, YMn 2 O 5 is also an antiferromagnetic material, so we did not expect it to influence significantly the materials magnetic properties.…”