Nuclear magnetic resonance and static magnetic susceptibility of AsF5 - intercalated graphite

NMR and static magnetic susceptibility (χ) measurements on stage 1 AsF₅ intercalated graphite (C₈AsF₅) are presented. The relaxation times, T_i and T₂, of the F¹⁹ nuclear magnetic resonance were measured over the temperature range 136K – 295K; χ was measured over the range 80K – 295K. The NMR results indicate a motionally narrowed line with gradual ordering of the intercalant as the temperature is decreased. The magnetic susceptibility is independent of temperature with no observable Curie law controbution. The absence of localized moment behavior for the intercalant is interpreted either in terms of chemical disproportionation of the AsF₅ to closed shell ions or in terms of the Anderson model of localized moments in metals.