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Synthesis and Characterization of Single-Phase Metal Dodecaboride Solid Solutions: Zr 1- x Y x B 12 and Zr 1- x U x B 12
Single-phase metal dodecaboride solid solutions, Zr Y B and Zr U B , were prepared by arc melting from pure elements. The phase purity and composition were established by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and B and B...
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Published in: | Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019-06, Vol.141 (22), p.9047-9062 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | Single-phase metal dodecaboride solid solutions, Zr
Y
B
and Zr
U
B
, were prepared by arc melting from pure elements. The phase purity and composition were established by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and
B and
B solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The effects of carbon addition to Zr
Y
B
were studied and it was found that carbon causes fast cooling and as a result rapid nucleation of grains, as well as "templating" and patterning effects of the surface morphology. The hardness of the Zr
Y
B
phase is 47.6 ± 1.7 GPa at 0.49 N load, which is ∼17% higher than that of its parent compounds, ZrB
and YB
, with hardness values of 41.6 ± 2.6 and 37.5 ± 4.3 GPa, respectively. The hardness of Zr
U
B
is ∼54% higher than that of its UB
parent. The dodecaborides were confirmed to be metallic by band structure calculations, diffuse reflectance UV-vis, and solid-state NMR spectroscopies. The nature of the dodecaboride colors-violet for ZrB
and blue for YB
-can be attributed to charge-transfer. XPS indicates that the metals are in the following oxidation states: Y
, Zr
, and U
. The superconducting transition temperatures ( T
) of the dodecaborides were determined to be 4.5 and 6.0 K for YB
and ZrB
, respectively, as shown by resistivity and superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) measurements. The T
of the Zr
Y
B
solid solution was suppressed to 2.5 K. |
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ISSN: | 0002-7863 1520-5126 |
DOI: | 10.1021/jacs.9b03482 |