Phase equilibria in the ternary system: MgONa2OP2O5: Partial system: Mg3(PO4)2Mg4Na(PO4)3Na4P2O7Mg2P2O7

The partial system Mg₃(PO₄)₂Mg₄Na(PO₄)₃Na₄P₂O₇Mg₂P₂O₇ in the ternary system MgONa₂OP₂O₅ was investigated using thermal and X-ray diffraction analyses and microscopy, and its phase diagram has been determined. In this range of composition, two binary phosphates occur: Mg₄Na(PO₄)₃ and Mg₆Na₈(P₂O₇)₅. The former melts incongruently (at 1155°C) and the latter does congruently (at 808°C). In the partial system of interest, the two sections Mg₄Na(PO₄)₃Mg₂P₂O₇ and Mg₄Na(PO₄)₃Mg₆Na₈(P₂O₇)₅ are studied, and their phase diagrams are established. The partial system is divided into three partial ternary systems in which two ternary eutectics and one ternary peritectic occur.     

Bubble-point pressures of the H2COCO2 system

Bubble-point pressures of the H₂COCO₂ system were measured at temperatures from 253.15 to 303.15 K and pressures up to 9 MPa. Multiple bubble-points were observed within certain limits of hydrogen compositions. The data have been compared with the calculated results by the Redlich-Kwong and the Peng-Robinson equations of state.     

Thermodynamics of the URuC system

Thermodynamic measurements by the electromotive force method were made on the binary intermetallic phases URu₃ and U₃Ru₅ and on the ternary carbides URu₃C_0.7 and U₂RuC₂ of the URu and the URuC systems between 950 and 1200 K using galvanic cells with CaF₂ single crystal electrolytes: U, UF₃¦CaF₂¦UF₃, URu₃, Ru; U, UF₃¦CaF₂¦UF₃, U₃Ru₅, URu₃; Ru, URu₃, UF₃¦CaF₂¦UF₃, URu₃C_0.7, Ru, C; U, UF₃¦CaF₂¦UF₃, URu₃C_0.7, U₂RuC₂, C. The Gibbs energies of formation of URu₃, U₃Ru₅, URu₃C_0.7 and U₂RuC₂ were evaluated from the measured electromotive force which give ^fΔG^o〈URu₃〉 = −199 100 + 35.9 T J mol^−1fΔG^o〈U₃Ru₅〉 = −398 600 + 43.6 T J mol^−1fΔG^o〈URu₃C_0.7〉 = −192 600 + 2.5 T J mol^−1fΔG^o〈U₂RuC₂〉 = −380 200 + 52.5 T J mol⁻¹ The implications of these thermodynamic data for the behaviour of the fission product ruthenium in irradiated carbide fuels are discussed.     

Phase diagram for the system Bi2O3CaOSrOCuO in the SrO-rich region

It has been found experimentally that phase diagram for the system Bi₂O₃CaOSrOCuO in SrO-rich region at 850°C in the open air includes three elementary tetrahedra: CaOSrOSr₆Bi₂O₁₁Sr₂CuO₃, CaOSr₂CuO₃Sr₆Bi₂O₁₁Sr_3,5Ca_0,5Bi₂O₇ and Sr₃Bi₂O₆Sr₆Bi₂O₁₁Sr_3,5Ca_0,5Bi₂O₇ Sr₂CuO₃. In the considered interval of corresponding oxide concentrations quaternary oxides are not formed under the above conditions.     

The system YPO4Ca3(PO4)2Ca2P2O7

The ternary system YPO₄Ca₃(PO₄)₂Ca₂P₂O₇ has been investigated by differential thermal analysis, powder X-ray diffraction, and microscopy in reflected light. Its phase diagram and isothermal section at room temperature have been determined. The system contains only one double phosphate which is formed at the 1:1 molar ratio YPO₄:Ca₃(PO₄)₂, i.e., Ca₃Y(PO₄)₃.     

Crystal structure and properties of the Na1−x Ru2O4 phase

Sodium ruthenium(III,IV) oxide Na_1−x Ru₂O₄ was synthesized by the solid state reaction of Na₂CO₃ and RuO₂ in inert atmosphere and characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, electron diffraction, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The compound crystallizes in the CaFe₂O₄-type structure (space group Pnma, Z = 4, a = 9.2641(7) Å, b = 2.8249(3) Å, c = 11.1496(7) Å). Double rutile-like chains of the RuO₆ octahedra form a three-dimensional framework, whose tunnels contain sodium cations. The structure contains two crystallographically independent sites of ruthenium atoms randomly occupied by the Ru^III and Ru^IV cations. The superstructure with the doubled b parameter found for one of the samples under study using electron diffraction is caused, probably, by ordering of the Ru cations in the rutile-like chains. The Na_{1− x} Ru₂O₄ compound exhibits temperature-independent paramagnetism with χ₀ = 1.9·10⁻⁴ cm³ (mole of Ru⁻¹). Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1655–1660, October, 2006.     

Phase equilibria of the Na,K,Mg,Ca//SO4,Cl-H2O system at 50°C in the crystallization range of glaserite 3K2SO4·Na2SO4

Phase equilibria of the Na,K,Mg,Na,K,Mg,Ca//SO₄,Cl-H₂O system are studied at 50°C via translation in the crystallization range of glaserite (3K₂SO₄ · Na₂SO₄). It is found that glaserite as the equilibrium phase of the investigated system at 50°C participates in the formation of 21 invariant points, 21 monovariant curves, and 34 divariant fields. A fragment of the phase equilibria diagram of the investigated system is constructed in the crystallization range of glaserite.     

Phase investigations of the AlIr system

The phase behavior of the AlIr system has been studied using differential thermal analysis, electron microprobe analysis, X-ray diffraction, chemical analysis and X-ray fluorescence. Our work confirms the existence of four compounds: Al₉Ir₂, Al₃Ir, Al_2.7Ir and AlIr. We also observed an additional intermetallic phase, with a stoichiometry corresponding to Al₁₃Ir₄; however, this compound exhibits a complex X-ray pattern and currently no structure has been determined.Peritectic temperatures were determined for Al₉Ir₂ (900 °C), Al₁₃Ir₄ (1015 °C) and Al₃Ir (1450 °C). The Al_2.7Ir phase is stable to above 1450 °C, and the congruent melting temperature of AlIr is 2120 ± 20 °C. The solubility of aluminum in iridium was measured between 1085 and 1850 °C, and the maximum solid solubility was extrapolated to 18 at.% at 2058 °C. The maximum solid solubility of iridium in aluminum was measured to be less than 0.1 at.%. A phase diagram for the AlIr system is presented.     

An X-Ray investigation of the phase relationships in the system LaH2LaH3

The lattice constants of 24 LaH_x samples in the hydrogen concentration range 1.93 ⩽ x ⩽ 2.90 were measured in the temperature range 110–140 K. Three different composition ranges of a cubic-to-tetragonal distortion were found. The low temperature subsolidus phase diagram of the lanthanum sublattice was constructed based on the X-ray measurements. The structure of the lanthanum trihydride is possibly non-cubic or has a phase transition to a non-cubic modification.     

Thermo-Raman Studies on Dehydration of Na4P2O7⋅10H2O and Phase Transformations of Na4P2O7

In this work, dehydration of sodium diphosphate decahydrate Na₄P₂O₇⋅10H₂O and phase transformations of Na₄P₂O₇ in open air have been studied in detail by thermo-Raman spectroscopy. The spectra were measured continuously in a temperature range from room temperature up to 600°C for the bands of P₂O₇ ^4- and H₂O. The spectral variation showed one step of dehydration and four-phase transformations. The thermo-Raman intensity(TRI) and differential thermo-Raman intensity (DTRI) curves calculated from the characteristic bands of H₂O also showed one step of dehydration with the loss of all hydrated water in the temperature interval from 45 to 69°C. Thermogravimetric measurements supported this result. The thermo-Raman investigation indicated the transformation of Na₄P₂O₇ from low temperature phase to high temperature phase proceed through pre-transitional region from 75 to 410°C before the major orientational disorder at 418°C and minor structural modifications at 511,540 and 560°C. The results from differential scanning calorimetry and differential thermal analysis on Na₄P₂O₇ showed endotherms at 407,517, 523, 548, 557°C and 426, 528, 534, 555, 565°C, respectively. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Interaction of salts in ionic melts of the ternary reciprocal systems Na,K‖BO2,MoO4 and Na,K‖BO2,WO4

The phase diagrams of the ternary reciprocal systems Na,K‖BO₂,MoO₄ and Na,K‖BO₂,WO₄ were studied for the first time by a calculation-experimental method and differential thermal analysis. The coordinates were determined for binary eutectics of the diagonal stable sections NaBO₂-K₂MoO₄(K₂WO₄) and the ternary invariant points e(55 mol % NaBO₂, 45 mol % K₂MoO₄, 740°C), e(55 mol % NaBO₂, 45 mol % K₂WO₄, 730°C), E(4.5 mol % NaBO₂, 78 mol % Na₂MoO₄, 17.5 mol % K₂MoO₄, 652°C), E(4.5 mol % NaBO₂, 78 mol % Na₂WO₄, 17.5 mol % K₂WO₄, 643°C), P₂(5 mol % NaBO₂, 56 mol % Na₂MoO₄, 39 mol % K₂MoO₄, 673°C), P₂(5 mol % NaBO₂, 56 mol % Na₂WO₄, 39 mol % K₂WO₄, 671°C). Binary solid solutions based on sodium and potassium metaborates were shown to be stable. Analytical models of phase equilibrium states of the ternary reciprocal systems Na,K‖BO₂,MoO₄(WO₄) were obtained, which enable one to calculate melting (crystallization) points and construct isotherms at any given composition. The specific heats of melting of samples of invariant compositions were found by quantitative differential thermal analysis.     

Determination of the copper activity of liquid CuLa alloys

The thermodynamic activities of liquid CuLa alloys were obtained at 1549 K by Knudsen effusion experiments. The experimentally known concentration and temperature dependences of thermodynamic properties of liquid CuLa alloys are explained on the basis of an association model. These results are discussed in comparison with the enthalpy of crystallization and the crystallization temperature as well as the enthalpy of melting and the melting temperature of lanthanum-rich glassy and crystalline alloys respectively.     

Calculations for the vibration frequencies of the OH⋯O bond in KH2PO4 by a semiempirical method

The frequencies of the stretching vibration and the bending vibration of the OH⋯O bond in potassium dihydrogen phosphate have been calculated by means of two semiempirical formulae with three parameters. The calculated results can give satisfactory explanation for the experimental spectra of the potassium dihydrogen phosphate crystal. The parameters used in the calculations may be related to the chemical bonding and the charge distribution about the two oxygen atoms of the OH⋯O bond system.     

First principles search of hard materials within the SiCN ternary system

Starting from C₃N₄ and Si₃N₄ stoichiometries and from the pseudocubic model structure of the former, intermediate phases SiC₂N₄ and Si₂CN₄ are proposed and geometry optimised within density functional built pseudopotential method using both local density (LDA) and generalised gradient approximations (GGA). The ternary compounds are found to be less stable than the two binary systems but the trends in the calculated magnitudes of the bulk moduli B₀ from the fit of the E(V) curves with Birch equation of state: B₀ (SiC₂N₄)=334.5 GPa and B₀ (Si₂CN₄)=270.3 GPa can be interpolated from those of the two extreme compounds: B₀ (C₃N₄)=424.1 GPa and B₀ (Si₃N₄)=219.8 GPa. This translates the chemical role of the substituting element on one hand and allows validating Cohen's semiempirical law relating B₀ to the inverse powers of the average interatomic distances on the other hand. From a mismatch of the chemical bonding in Si(C)NC(Si) chain observed by the electron localisation function (ELF) plot we propose an interpretation for the instability of the intermediate ternary phases. The electronic structure (density of states and band structures) obtained from augmented spherical wave (ASW) calculations of the relaxed structures point to semiconducting behaviour with smaller band gaps for the intermediate phases (∼2 eV, compared with the ∼4 eV gap of binaries).     

“In situ” measurements of the influence of temperature on the decomposition of H2Na2EDTA adsorbed on alumina

The adsorption of H₂Na₂EDTA (disodium salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) on gamma alumina and its thermal degradation has been investigated by transmission IR. The IR spectra in the 2000–1200 cm⁻¹ region of the supported complexone were analysed in the temperature range 393–673 K utilising IR cell reactor applied for in situ measurements. Based on the observed changes, it can be stated that thermal decomposition of adsorbed complexone occurs in the temperature range of 473–493 K.     

Phase complex of the Na,K‖Br,MoO4 system

The Na,K‖Br,MoO₄ system was studied by differential thermal analysis and X-ray powder diffraction. It was established that the liquidus surface consists of the crystallization fields of the initial components and the incongruently melting compound NaKMoO₄. The coordinates of three nonvariant points were determined, which represent one eutectic, E ^Δ, and two peritectics, P ₁ ^Δ , and P ₂ ^Δ , with the melting points 472, 512, and 538°C, respectively, and the specific enthalpies of melting Δ_melt H = 177, 230, and 184 kJ/kg, respectively.     

电解合成Na2FeO4制备K2FeO4

复分解;电解合成Na2FeO4制备K2FeO4