Abstract
Single crystal growth of several rare earth hexaborides has been carried out by the floating zone technique. A high-power xenon arc lamp image furnace was used for the crystal growth. Large high-quality crystals of LaB 6, CeB 6, PrB 6 and NdB 6, about 1 cm 3 in volume have been obtained. Crystals of all these compounds have also been grown using enriched 11 B isotope for use in neutron scattering experiments.
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