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Origin of Paramagnetic Defect in Single Crystal and Ceramic B4C

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

E. L. Venturini ,
D. Emin  and
T. L. Aselage
E. L. Venturini
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-5800
D. Emin
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-5800
T. L. Aselage
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-5800
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Abstract

We compare electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra of B4C samples made by three methods. The samples are 1) two ceramics made by hot-pressing boron and carbon powders, 2) a polycrystal made by carbothermic reduction, and 3) a single crystal grown from a palladium metal melt. All samples show remarkably similar spectra between 2 and 100 K. In particular, all samples show a single Lorentzian absorption, a linewidth that decreases with increasing temperature, and an inverse temperature dependence of the integrated intensity. The integrated intensity of the paramagnetic spin signal corresponds to a density of 2×1019/cm2 localized spins. Having a single crystal sample enables us to meaningfully measure the angular dependence of the ESR linewidth. This angular dependence is consistent with the paramagetic centers being unpaired electrons centered on the central carbon atoms of positively charged C-C-C intericosahedral chains. These chains appear to replace 0.5 % of the positively charged C-B-C intericosahedral chains which occur in B4C.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 97: Symposium I – Novel Refractory Semiconductors , 1987 , 57
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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