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Elastic constants of borocarbides. New approach to acoustic Measurement technique

E. A. Masalitin, V. D. Fil, K. R. Zhekov, A. N. Zholobenko, T. V. Ignatova, Sung-Ik Lee

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/0301183

Abstract

A new version of the phase method of determining the sound velocity is proposed and implemented. It utilizes the ``Nonius'' measurement technique and can give acceptable accuracy (~1%) in samples of submillimeter size. Measurements of the sound velocity are made in single-crystal samples of the borocarbides RNi2B2C (R = Y,Lu,Ho). The elastic constants and the Debye temperature are calculated.

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