Micro-Vickers hardness of LaB6, La0.7Ce0.3B6, La0.82Pr0.18B6 and La0.85Nd0.15B6 crystals was measured from room temperature to 1300-degrees-C. The rare-earth substituted LaB6 Crystals were confirmed to be boundary-free as a result of solid solution hardening. In addition, the hardness measurement revealed that boundary-free LaB6 Crystals can be prepared when the growth temperature is decreased to temperatures 200-degrees-C below the melting point, which agreed well with the experimental results by the traveling solvent floating zone method.
机构:
National Laboratory for Superconductivity,Institute of Physics and Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics,Chinese Academy of SciencesNational Laboratory for Superconductivity,Institute of Physics and Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences