OBSERVATION OF INVERTED-MOLECULAR COMPRESSION IN BORON-CARBIDE

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作者
NELMES, RJ
LOVEDAY, JS
WILSON, RM
MARSHALL, WG
BESSON, JM
KLOTZ, S
HAMEL, G
ASELAGE, TL
HULL, S
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[1] UNIV PARIS 06,CNRS,URA 782,F-75252 PARIS 05,FRANCE
[2] UNIV PARIS 06,DEPT HAUTES PRESS,PARIS 05,FRANCE
[3] SANDIA NATL LABS,ALBUQUERQUE,NM 87185
[4] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB,ISIS FACIL,DIDCOT OX11 0QX,OXON,ENGLAND
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2268
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
High-pressure neutron diffraction studies of boron carbide, B4C, to 11 GPa show that the icosahedral structural units are 23(4)% more compressible than the structure between them. This inverted-molecular compression is in accordance with qualitative predictions based on models of the bonding, but had not previously been observed directly. The results show the effect of the structural compression on the electrical resistivity to be more complex than present, semiquantitative models suggest. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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