Boron carbide, B13-xC2-y (x = 0.12, y = 0.01)
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Boron carbide phases exist over a widely varying compos-itional range B(12+x)C(3-x) (0.06 < x < 1.7). One idealized structure corresponds to the B(13)C(2) composition (space group R-3m) and contains one icosa-hedral B(12) unit and one linear C-B-C chain. The B(12) units are composed of crystallographically distinct B atoms B(P) (polar, B1) and B(Eq) (equatorial, B2). Boron icosa-hedra are inter-connected by C atoms via their B(Eq) atoms, forming layers parallel to (001), while the B(12) units of the adjacent layers are linked through inter-icosa-hedral B(P)-B(P) bonds. The unique B atom (B(C)) connects the two C atoms of adjacent layers, forming a C-B-C chain along [001]. Depending on the carbon concentration, the carbon and B(P) sites exhibit mixed B/C occupancies to varying degrees; besides, the B(C) site shows partial occupancy. The decrease in carbon content was reported to be realized via an increasing number of chainless unit cells. On the basis of X-ray single-crystal refinement, we have concluded that the unit cell of the given boron-rich crystal contains following structural units: [B(12)] and [B(11)C] icosa-hedra (about 96 and 4%, respectively) and C-B-C chains (87%). Besides, there is a fraction of unit cells (13%) with the B atom located against the triangular face of a neighboring icosa-hedron formed by B(Eq) (B2) thus rendering the formula B(0.87)(B(0.98)C(0.02))(12)(B(0.13)C(0.87))(2) for the current boron carbide crystal.
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