Chemistry:Samarium tetraboride

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Samarium tetraboride
Names
IUPAC name
Samarium tetraboride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
Properties
SmB4
Molar mass 193.60 g/mol
Density 6.1 g/cm3
Melting point 2,400 °C (4,350 °F; 2,670 K)
Related compounds
Related compounds
Samarium hexaboride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Samarium tetraboride is a binary inorganic compound of samarium and boron with the formula SmB4. It forms black crystals.

Preparation

Samarium tetraboride can be prepared from directly reacting samarium and boron at 2400 °C:

Sm + 4B → SmB
4

Physical properties

Samarium tetraboride forms crystals of the orthorhombic crystal system, space group P4/mbm, cell parameters a = 0.7174 nm, c = 0.40696 nm, Z = 4, and a structure like thorium tetraboride.[1][2][3][4][5]

The compound is formed by a peritectic reaction at a temperature of 2400 °C.[1]

At temperatures of 25 K and 7 K, magnetic transitions occur in the compound.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Н. П. Лякишева, ed (1996). Диаграммы состояния двойных металлических систем. 1. М.: Машиностроение. ISBN 5-217-02688-X. 
  2. Самсонов Г.В., Серебрякова Т.И., Неронов В.А. (1975). Бориды. М.: Атомиздат. 
  3. Predel, B. (2012), Predel, B., ed., "B - Sm (Boron - Samarium): phase equilibria, crystallographic and thermodynamic data of binary alloys" (in en), B - Ba … Cu - Zr (Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg) 12B: pp. 73, doi:10.1007/978-3-540-44756-6_37, ISBN 978-3-540-44753-5, https://materials.springer.com/lb/docs/sm_lbs_978-3-540-44756-6_37, retrieved 2024-05-15 
  4. Predel, B. (1992), Madelung, O., ed., "B-Sm (Boron-Samarium)" (in en), B-Ba – C-Zr, Landolt-Börnstein - Group IV Physical Chemistry (Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag) 5b: pp. 1–2, doi:10.1007/10040476_390, ISBN 978-3-540-55115-7, http://materials.springer.com/lb/docs/sm_lbs_978-3-540-46733-5_390, retrieved 2024-05-15 
  5. Liao, P. K.; Spear, K. E.; Schlesinger, M. E. (Aug 1996). "The B-Sm (boron-samarium) system" (in en). Journal of Phase Equilibria 17 (4): 347–350. doi:10.1007/BF02665562. ISSN 1054-9714. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/BF02665562. 
  6. Kim, J. Y.; Sung, N. H.; Kang, B. Y.; Kim, M. S.; Cho, B. K.; Rhyee, Jong-Soo (2010-05-01). "Magnetic anisotropy and magnon gap state of SmB4 single crystal" (in en). Journal of Applied Physics 107 (9). doi:10.1063/1.3365061. ISSN 0021-8979. https://pubs.aip.org/jap/article/107/9/09E111/920053/Magnetic-anisotropy-and-magnon-gap-state-of-SmB4. 

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