Observation of Inverted-Molecular Compression in Boron Carbide
- 20 March 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 74 (12), 2268-2271
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.74.2268
Abstract
High-pressure neutron diffraction studies of boron carbide, C, 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.
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