Physical properties of cage-like compound UB12
| Autor: | R. Troć, R. Wawryk, N. Shitsevalova, Adam Pikul |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Philosophical Magazine. 95:2343-2363 |
| ISSN: | 1478-6443 1478-6435 |
| Popis: | Boron and uranium form three metallic borides having the chemical formulae UB2, UB4 and UB12. In this study, we present the temperature variations of magnetic susceptibility, specific heat, electrical resistivity (performed in magnetic fields of 0 and up to 9 T), thermoelectric power and thermal conductivity measured on the bulk sample of UB12. This dodecaboride behaves as a typical metal, being a Pauli paramagnet and exhibiting a large variety of physical properties due to its specific close-packed structure containing B12 groups. We describe also an uncommon phenomenon observed in UB12, that is, a fairly large scattering of the experimental resistivity data under application of a magnetic field at low temperatures and its systematic vanishing during heating of the sample. This effect is probably caused by inharmonious movement (rattling) of the uranium atoms inside the oversized coordination cage, B24, reflected by applying the magnetic field. The specific heat, resistivity, thermoelectric power and hea... |
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