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A (001) x-ray diffraction study of stage 1 α and β phases of graphite-CsBix

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Ming Hong Yang  and
Peter C. Eklund
Ming Hong Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506
Peter C. Eklund
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506
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Abstract

Results are reported of (00l) x-ray studies of the α(Ic = 10.65 Å) and β(Ic = 11.49 Å) phases of stage 1 graphite-CsBix ternary intercalation compounds that are air stable. The integrated intensities of the (OOl) x-ray lines are analyzed in terms of a centrosymmetric sandwich model that consists of two laycrs each of Cs, Bi, and C. The results of these analyses indicate that the Bi layers are nearly centered in the cell as Suggested by Lagrange et al. [Synth. Met. 12, 201 (1985)]. Furthermore, stoichiometries of the α and β phases are found to be Cs0.99 Bi0.43C4 and Cs0.83Bi0.81C4, respectively. The β phase is found to contain nearly twice as many Bi atoms'. The sample mass change upon intercalation is in good agreement with the x-ray analyses. The substantial difference in the Bi concentration in the α and β phases would be expected to have strong influence on the superconducting properties of these graphite intercalation compounds (GIC's).

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 1 , Issue 6 , December 1986 , pp. 827 - 831
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1986

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