The fluorides K3Fe5F15 and K3Cr2Fe3F15 are known as multiferroic materials. Here we report the detection of a magnetic memory effect in these materials and its dependence on temperature and aging time. We succeeded in writing, reading, and deleting 3-bits digital information in these systems. These results show that in addition to their already known magneto-electric multiferroic properties, K3Fe5F15 and K3Cr2Fe3F15 also possess a new functionality: they can be used as materials for a thermal memory cell.
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