INTERCALATION OF THE RARE EARTH ELEMENTS INTO GRAPHITE AND DICHALCOGENIDES.
Abstract
The graphite intercalation compounds of cerium, samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, and ytterbium were prepared by reacting powdered graphite with the solution of the metal in liquid ammonia. Electrolysis was necessary to dissolve all but ytterbium. Intercalation compounds of ytterbium and samarium with the dichalcogenides: WS2, WSe2, and MoS2, were prepared by the same process. The X-ray diffraction patterns showed that mixtures of several stages were present in the graphite compounds. Magnetic susceptibility measurements indicated that most of the rare earths intercalate in the trivalent state, the exception being divalent samarium. Apparently ytterbium exists in both divalent and trivalent states in the compound. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0621029
Entities
People
- William Ernest Craven
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology