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Synthesis, characterization, properties, first principles calculations, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of bulk Mn5SiB2 and Fe5SiB2 ternary borides
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Synthesis, characterization, properties, first principles calculations, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of bulk Mn5SiB2 and Fe5SiB2 ternary borides

Tarek Aly ElMeligy, Sankalp Kota, Varun Natu, Hans Lind, Justinas Palisaitis, Per O.Å. Persson, Johanna Rosen and Michel W. Barsoum
Journal of alloys and compounds, v 888, 161377
25 Dec 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.161377

Abstract

Atomic laminates Fe5SiB2 Mn5SiB2 T2 phases Ternary layered borides
•Synthesized dense, bulk predominantly single-phase, polycrystalline samples of Mn5SiB2 and Fe5SiB2 by reactive hot-pressing.•First report of bulk properties of Mn5SiB2 and Fe5SiB2.•First report of chemical composition of Mn5SiB2 and Fe5SiB2 using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.•First demonstration of ferromagnetic behavior of Mn5SiB2 and estimation of curie transition temperature.•Frist computational determination of Mechanical properties of Mn5SiB2 and Fe5SiB2. Herein, we synthesize fully dense, bulk, predominantly single-phase, polycrystalline samples of the layered ternary transition metal borides Mn5SiB2 and Fe5SiB2 by reactively hot-pressing Mn, Fe, FeB, Si, and B powders. The atomic structures were imaged using high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy and revealed high-crystal quality. Elongated striped defects, confined below the nanometer in width, were observed. Selected area electron diffraction further accentuates the high-crystal quality by discrete spots of pattern, that is expected from a tetragonal crystal structure along the [001] zone axis. With Vickers hardness values of 12.1 ± 0.4 GPa, and 12.7 ± 0.1 GPa, for Mn5SiB2 and Fe5SiB2 respectively, these borides are relatively soft. The room temperature electrical resistivities were 1.5 ± 0.1 and 1.2 ± 0.1 μΩ m, for Mn5SiB2 and Fe5SiB2, respectively. The binding energies of the Mn, Fe and Si measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy bolster the idea that the bonds are quite metallic in character. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations confirm that the ground states of both compounds are ferromagnetic as observed experimentally. We also use DFT to predict the elastic and electronic properties. In both compounds, the density of states at the Fermi level are dominated by the d-orbitals of the transition metals. Neither material was readily machinable with conventional tooling, but is so with sharp cobalt steel bits or electro-discharge machining (EDM).

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