文摘
Analyses of the one-dimensional 11B NMR spectra from static and MAS experiments of a polycrystalline ReB2 sample have extracted parameters characterizing both the electric field gradient and the shielding at the boron site. In contrast to that previously assumed for AlB2, the principal axis systems for these two interactions are not coincident in ReB2. A brief discussion of the literature regarding spin–lattice relaxation for half-integer quadrupolar nuclei and the mathematical functions used for the extraction of relaxation time constants is presented. With radiofrequency conditions chosen to excite the central and satellite transitions, the saturation recovery spin–lattice relaxation rate of ReB2 is better described by a single exponential rather than the Andrew–Tunstall multiexponential model for I = 3/2. In addition, relaxation measurements for 11B in ReB2 have been extended to temperatures above ambient and show a deviation from the Korringa relationship.