Synchrotron X-ray diffraction for pyrolytic magnetic carbon

Abstract We have prepared pyrolytic carbon samples from triethylamine and investigated their magnetic and crystallographic properties. The magnetic property depends on pyrolysis temperatures. A ferromagnetic sample with M = 5 × 10 - 1 emu / g was obtained from the pyrolysis products even at room temperature. The synchrotron X-ray diffraction experiments were performed for the pyrolytic carbon samples in order to see the crystal structure of ferromagnetic samples. Diffraction peaks of iron or iron oxides were not observed for the ferromagnetic samples, whereas the major diffraction peak of the intermediate graphite–diamond (IGD) structure was clearly observed for ferromagnetic and nonmagnetic samples. Therefore, the IGD structure is not the direct cause of ferromagnetism. The ferromagnetism may be related to the graphite-like structure.