Issue 3, 2017

New cerium cobalt borocarbide synthesized from eutectic metal flux mixture

Abstract

A cerium cobalt borocarbide intermetallic compound was grown as large crystals from reactions of boron and carbon in cerium/cobalt eutectic melt. The complex structure of the product Ce10Co2.64B11.70C10 (triclinic, P[1 with combining macron], a = 8.5131(5) Å, b = 8.5144(5) Å, c = 13.5709(7) Å, α = 100.870(1)°, β = 93.677(1)°, γ = 90.041(1)°, Z = 2, R1 = 0.0293) features Co4 squares capped by borocarbide chains. Several disordered sites are also consistently found in the structural refinement of crystals of this phase. Magnetic susceptibility measurements show a ferromagnetic transition at 15 K and also indicate fluctuating cerium valences.

Graphical abstract: New cerium cobalt borocarbide synthesized from eutectic metal flux mixture

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
28 ⵏⵓⵡ 2016
Accepted
28 ⴷⵓⵊ 2016
First published
03 ⵉⵏⵏ 2017

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 450-455

New cerium cobalt borocarbide synthesized from eutectic metal flux mixture

S. Zhou, T. Mishra, D. Lyman, P. Tucker and S. E. Latturner, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017, 4, 450 DOI: 10.1039/C6QI00539J

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