X-Ray spectroscopic study of graphite fluoride (C2F)(n) intercalated with benzene

Samples of intercalated graphite fluoride of the C2F . zR type (R is C6H6) before and after heating to 150 degrees C in a spectrometer vacuum chamber were studied by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. The C-K alpha differential spectra of the samples mainly characterizes the electron state of carbon a toms in the benzene molecule inside the Caf matrix. The differential spectr um is distinct from the spectrum of solid benzene by additional maxima, whi ch indicate the interaction between the benzene molecules and the graphite fluoride matrix. Comparative analysis of the spectrum of the heated sample and those of graphite and graphite fluoride (CF)(n) suggests thar the layer s of the C2F matrix contain considerable regions of both completely fluorin ated and graphite-like regions.