Heat capacity of fullerite C60

M. I. Bagatskii; M. S. Barabashko; V. V. Sumarokov

Heat capacity of fullerite C60

Authors

M. I. Bagatskii B Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics of the NAS of Ukraine
M. S. Barabashko
V. V. Sumarokov

Keywords:

fullerenes, the specific heat, the crystal lattice, libration,

Abstract

The heat capacity of the fullerite C60 has been investigated in the temperature interval 1–120 K using an adiabatic calorimeter. The fullerite is 99.99% pure. The sample mass is equal to about 0.6 g. Analysis of the obtained results and literature data [1-3] in the temperature range 1–300 K was carried out assuming that the translational, rotational, and intramolecular degrees of freedom make additive contributions to the heat capacity of fullerite.