Differential scanning calorimetry of sodium and potassium nitrates and nitrites

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) experiments were performed with NaNO₃, KNO₃, (Na,K)NO₃, NaNO₂ and KNO₂ over the temperature range 350–990 K. Endothermic peaks, indicative of decomposition reactions, were observed to occur in the single salts above their melting points. The equimolar mixture of sodium and potassium nitrate did not decompose in the temperature range specified. The nitrites began to decompose at 800±10 K. Sodium nitrate began to decompose at 840±10 K and potassium nitrate began to decompose at 820±20 K. These results were compared with previously reported differential thermal analysis investigations of NaNO₃ and KNO₃.     

A re-examination of the heat of fusion of indium

The currently accepted value of the heat of fusion, ΔH, of indium is shown to be of doubtful accuracy so that indium is an unsuitable calibrant in differential scanning calorimetry. ΔH has been redetermined using a DSC calibrated with alumina, a technique which is shown to reproduce enthalpy changes in a variety of materials with an accuracy of ±1%. The heat of fusion of indium is 3.35 kJ g-at^?1 (29.2 J g^?1).     

Thermal properties of some cyclic disulfides: naphthalene disulfide and diphenylene disulfide

The specific heat, the melting heat and entropy, the vaporization heat of naphtalene disulfide (C₁₀H₆S₂) and of diphenylene disulfide (C₁₂H₈S₂) have been determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).Over the temperature range examined the specific heat may be represented as follows:

where T is the temperature in degrees Kelvin, while melting heat, vaporization heat, melting entropy are for naphtalene disulfide: 3.10 kcal mol^?1, 6.42 kcal mol^?1, 7.87 cal deg^? mol^?1 and for diphenylene disulfide: 4.62 kcal mol^?1, 6.90 kcal mol^?1 and 11.87 cal deg^?1 mol^?1.     

Molar enthalpy at five compositions in the NaNO3NaOH system in the liquid and solid states

The molar enthalpies of the two compounds and three eutectics in the NaNO₃NaOH system were determined over the 450–630 K temperature range by means of drop calorimetry. The enthalpy changes over the 500–550 K range, which in all cases includes melting, are usefully large from the viewpoint of energy storage: 5.7 (79), 5.2 (83), 5.1 (87), 5.1 (93) and 3.5 (73) kcal mole^?1 (cal g^?1) in 0.710 NaNO₃·0.290 NaOH, 0.500 NaNO₃·0.500 NaOH, 0.411 NaNO₃·0.589 NaOH, 0.327 NaNO₃·0.673 NaOH and 0.178 NaNO₃·0.822 NaOH, respectively. At χ_NaOH = 0.822, a high, negative heat of mixing (0.7–0.8 kcal mole^?1) was noted. This is contrary to what has been observed in other common cation-mixed anion molten salt solutions.     

Melting of indium by temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimetry

The melting and crystallization of a sharply melting standard has been explored for the calibration of temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimetry, TMDSC. Modulated temperature and heat flow have been followed during melting and crystallization of indium. It is observed that indium does not supercool as long as crystal nuclei remain in the sample when analyzing quasi-isothermally with a small modulation amplitude. For standard differential scanning calorimetry, DSC, the melting and crystallization temperatures of indium are sufficiently different not to permit its use for calibration on cooling, unless special analysis modes are applied. For TMDSC with an underlying heating rate of 0.2 K min^–1 and a modulation amplitude of 0.5–1.5 K at periods of 30–90 s, the extrapolated onsets of melting and freezing were within 0.1 K of the known melting temperature of indium. Further work is needed to separate the effects originating from loss of steady state between sample and sensor on the one hand and from supercooling on the other.On leave from Toray Research Center, Inc., Otsu, Shiga 520, Japan.This work was supported by the Division of Materials Research, National Science Foundation, Polymers Program, Grant # DMR 90-00520 and the Division of Materials Sciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp. for the U.S. Department of Energy, under contract number DEACOS-960R22464. Support for instrumentation came from TA Instruments, Inc. and Mettler-Toledo Inc. Research support was also given by ICI Paints.     

Thermal behaviour of transition-and tetravalentmetal oxides and phosphorous oxide composites

The heat capacity of the solid indium nitride was measured, using the Calvet TG-DSC 111 differential scanning microcalorimeter (Setaram, France), in the temperature between (314–978 K). The temperature dependence of the heat capacity can be presented in the following form: C _p=41.400+0.499·10⁻³ T−135502T ⁻²−26169900 T ⁻³.     

Study of the crystallization and melting region of PET and PEN and their blends by TMDSC

The cold crystallization and melting of poly(ethylene therephthalate) (PET), poly(ethylene 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylate) (PEN) and their blends were studied using temperature modulated differential scanning calorimetry (TMDSC) at underlying heating rates of between 1 and 3 K min^-1 and periods ranging from 30 to 90 s. The amplitude of modulation was selected in order to give an instantaneous heating rate β≥0. Heat flow is analyzed by the total heat flow signal o, which is equivalent to the conventional DSC signal, and the reversing heat flow o_REV, which only detects the glass transition and the melting processes. The dependence of the melting region in the reversing heat flow on the frequency of modulation is analyzed. The use of the so-called non-reversing heat flow o_NREV (=o-o_REV)) and the effect of frequency and amplitude on the complex heat capacity are also studied. The results show the complexity of these magnitudes. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Thermodynamics of CaCO3 phase transitions

Thermodynamic quantities of the aragonite → calcite transition, were evaluated using results of calorimetric investigations. (1) Dissolution enthalpies of the CaCO₃ polymorphs aragonite and calcite measured near room temperature with different calorimeter, (2) the enthalpy of the spontaneous phase transformation obtained by differential scanning calorimetry, (3) heat capacities and heat capacity differences determined with a heat flux calorimeter as well as previously determined, (4)e.m.f. data on Gibbs-energies of the phase transition were processed simultaneously with an optimization routine developed recently. The optimized data set (25°C) given below corresponds reasonably with CODATA recommendations, however, the precision has markedly improved.     

Identification of Superoxide O2- during Thermal Decomposition of Molten KNO3-NaNO2-NaNO3 Salt by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and UV-Vis Absorption Spectroscopy

On account of excellent thermal physical properties, molten nitrates/nitrites salt has been widely employed in heat transfer and thermal storage industry, especially in concentrated solar power system. The thermal stability study of molten nitrate/nitrite salt is of great importance for this system, and the decomposition mechanism is the most complicated part of it. The oxide species O₂^2- and O₂^- were considered as intermediates in molten KNO₃-NaNO₃ while hard to been detected in high temperature molten salt due to their trace concentration and low stability. In this work, the homemade in situ high temperature UVVis instrument and a commercial electron paramagnetic resonance were utilized to supply evidence for the formation of superoxide during a slow decomposition process of heat transfer salt (HTS, 53 wt% KNO₃/40 wt% NaNO₂/7 wt% NaNO₃). It is found that the superoxide is more easily generated from molten NaNO₂ compared to NaNO₃, and it has an absorption band at 420-440 nm in HTS which red shifts as temperature increases. The band is assigned to charge-transfer transition in NaO₂ or KO₂, responsible for the yellow color of the molten nitrate/nitrite salt. Furthermore, the UV absorption bands of molten NaNO₂ and NaNO₃ are also obtained and compared with that of HTS.     

Thermodynamic characteristics of triphenylantimony diacrylate

The heat capacity of triphenylantimony diacrylate Ph₃Sb(O₂CCH=CH₂)₂ was studied in an adiabatic vacuum calorimeter at 6?C350 K and differential scanning calorimeter at 330?C450 K. Melting was revealed at these temperatures; the melting point was estimated at 428.4 ± 0.5 K. It was accompanied by the partial decomposition of the substance. The low-temperature (20 K ?? T ?? 50 K) heat capacity was treated using the Debye theory of the heat capacity of solids and its multifractal model. The type of the structure topology was determined. The standard thermodynamic functions C _p ^o (T), H ^o(T) ? H ^o(0), S ^o(T), and G ^o(T) ? H ^o(0) of the compound in the crystal state were calculated from the obtained experimental data in the range from T ?? 0 to 428 K. The standard entropy of the formation of the crystalline compound Ph₃Sb(O₂CCH=CH₂)₂ at T = 298.15 K was determined.     

Reactions of indium phosphide cluster cations with ammonia and trimethylamine

Chemistry of indium phosphide clusters is studied using the powerful trapped ion cell techniques of Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR) mass spectrometry in conjunction with an external cluster source and ion guide. The external source is capable of generating a wide range of cluster ions which the ion guide loads with high efficiency into the FTICR cell. The differential pumping of the ion guide allows for operation of the FTICR at requisite low pressure conditions while extracting clusters generated in a high pressure environment. Highly selective reactions of indium phosphide clusters are observed with ammonia and trimethylamine. Of all the In_xP⁺_y cluster sizes and stoichiometries studied, only the indium dimer ion reacts exothermically with ammonia. Thermalized In⁺₂ reacts by indium ion transfer to ammonia. Owing to its much higher basicity, trimethylamine is much more reactive. The smaller indium phosphide clusters react by indium ion transfer to trimethylamine. As the clusters become larger, however, the reaction probability decreases to zero.     

Modeling of specific adsorption of ions at electrodes during the passing from a mixed solution of constant ionic strength to a binary solution

Electrocapillary curves in the mc NaNO₃ + (1 ? m)c NaF mixed solutions are calculated in terms of the Alekseev-Popov-Kolotyrkin model. The analysis of limiting case m = 1 shows that in a NaNO₃ binary solution the model predicts quadratic dependence of the NO ₃ ^? anion adsorption energy on the potential, which contradicts to experimental data. A modification of the model is suggested, which allowed removing this contradiction.     

Thermoanalytical investigation of some alkaline earth hydroxide hydrates on application as latent heat storage materials

Owing to their high specific melting enthalpy and the range of the melting temperatures the alkaline-earth hydroxide hydrates Ba(OH)₂·8H₂O and Sr(OH)₂·8H₂O are promising latent heat storage materials. The investigations of the melting and solidification behaviour of Sr(OH)₂·8H₂O and its mixtures with Ba(OH)₂·8H₂O, which had been performed by means of DTA and DSC methods in the closed system with a constant gross composition lead to statements on the melting temperature and specific melting enthalpyvs. concentration. Theoretical storage densities of 532 MJ/m³ are obtained for the mixture of Ba(OH)₂·8H₂O and Sr(OH)₂·8H₂O (80/20) and a value of 655 MJ/m³ can be achieved for Sr(OH)₂·8H₂O. The kinetics of rehydration to the octahydrates has a great influence on the storage temperature and storage density.     

Etude thermique et thermodynamique du cyclohexaphosphate de lithium Li6P6O18·5H2O

We report in this paper the results of our thermal and thermodynamic investigation on lithium cyclohexaphosphate, Li₆P₆O₁₈·5H₂O between 298 and 1007 K. The different transitions with respect to temperature (successive dehydrations, solid-solid transition and melting) were studied with the help of differential thermal analysis and thermogravimetry. The different phases were characterized by X-ray diffraction and by infrared absorption. Finally, the enthalpy of these phasesvs. temperature was measured by isothermal drop calorimetry. Their heat capacities as well as the enthalpies of dehydration, of solid-solid transition and of melting were deduced. We pointed out that the lithium cyclohexaphosphate loses a molecule of water at 333 K (54.3 kJ·mol^?1), three molecules of water at 413 K (151 kJ·mol^?1) and the last one at 488 K (50.6 kJ·mol^?1). The anhydrous lithium cyclohexaphosphate, Li₆P₆O₁₈, give the polyphosphate, LiPO₃, at 708 K (second order transition) and melt at 933 K (24.6 kJ·mol^?1).     

Poly(ε-caprolactone) + unsaturated isophtalic polyester blends: Thermal properties and morphology

Miscibility of blends composed by a linear unsaturated polyester (LUP) with poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) of different molecular weights (M_w = 50 × 10³, 18 × 10³ and 2 × 10³) has been studied. The blends were subjected to different thermal treatments and have been studied by FT-IR spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and scanning electronic microscopy (ESEM). FT-IR results allow proving the miscibility of the blends at temperatures above the melting temperature of neat PCL. DSC measurements confirm the existence of a crystalline phase corresponding to neat PCL. The crystallization of PCL is observed in a wide range of blends composition, being detected in all the blend compositions when the crystallization time increases. Thermograms show clearly the glass transition temperatures of samples that have been rapidly quenched from the melt. However, the change in the heat flow corresponding to the glass transition temperatures is difficult to detect in samples with high PCL crystallization degree. The analysis of the results indicates that the morphology of the amorphous phase is heterogeneous for LUP + PCL blends and changes depending on the thermal treatment. The ESEM measurements, confirm the heterogeneity of the amorphous phase. The decrease of the molecular weight of the PCL favours the miscibility of the blends.     

Thermophysical properties of SrHfO3 and SrRuO3

Polycrystalline samples of strontium series perovskite type oxides, SrHfO₃ and SrRuO₃ were prepared and the thermophysical properties were measured. The average linear thermal expansion coefficients are 1.13×10⁻⁵ K⁻¹ for SrHfO₃ and 1.03×10⁻⁵ K⁻¹ for SrRuO₃ in the temperature range between 423 and 1073 K. The melting temperatures T_m of SrHfO₃ and SrRuO₃ are 3200 and 2575 K, respectively. The longitudinal and shear sound velocities were measured by an ultrasonic pulse-echo method at room temperature in air, which enables to evaluate the elastic moduli and Debye temperature. The heat capacity was measured by using a differential scanning calorimeter, DSC in high-purity argon atmosphere. The thermal diffusivity was measured by a laser flash method in vacuum. The thermal conductivities of SrHfO₃ and SrRuO₃ at room temperature are 5.20 and 5.97 W m⁻¹ K⁻¹, respectively.     

Die neuen gemischtvalenten Chalkogenoindate MIn7X9 (M = Rb,Cs; X = S,Se): Strukturchemie,Röntgenund HRTEM‐Untersuchungen

The New Mixed Valent Chalcogenoindates MIn₇X₉ (M = Rb, Cs; X = S, Se): Structural Chemistry, X‐Ray and HRTEM Investigations Systematic X‐ray and HRTEM investigations on the ternary systems alkali metal (or thallium)–indium–chalcogen proved the existence of mixed valent solids with the simultaneous occurrence of indium species in different states of oxidation. Additionally to the earlier described solids MIn₅S₇ (M: Na, K, Tl: isotypic to InIn₅S₇ = In₆S₇ and TlIn₅S₇) and KIn₅S₆ (isotyp to TlIn₅S₆) in the actual work we present with MIn₇X₉ (M: Rb, Cs; X: S, Se) a new structure type which also contains indium in the states of oxidation +3 and +2. The formal state of oxidation In²⁺ corresponds to (In₂)⁴⁺ ions. A reasonable ionic formulation of these structures is given by: MIn₅S₇ = M⁺ 3[In³⁺] [(In₂)⁴⁺] 7[S^2–] (M = Na, K, Tl), MIn₅S₆ = M⁺ [In³⁺] 2[(In₂)⁴⁺] 6[S^2–] (M = K, Tl), MIn₇X₉ = M⁺ 3[In³⁺] 2[(In₂)⁴⁺] 9[S^2–]. The three structure types show common two dimensional structure elements which contain ethane analogous In₂X₆ units and cis and trans edge sharing double octahedron chains. The main interest of this work is a crystalchemical discussion taking into account the new compounds MIn₇X₉ and the results of special HRTEM investigations on MIn₇X₉. The HRTEM investigations aim on the identification and subsequent preparation of new phases which initially might be visible as nano size crystals or inclusions in the HRTEM only.     

The heat of dehydration of concentrated sodium chloride and potassium chloride solutions

The molar heats of dehydration, ΔH¯_dehyd., of concentrated sodium chloride and potassium chloride solutions were measured with a differential scanning calorimeter in the scanning and isothermal modes. The overall ΔH¯_dehyd. was found to be 44.5 and 44.3 kJ mole^?1 H₂O for NaCl and KCl solutions respectively. There is an astonishing difference between concentrated NaCl and KCl solutions in the way water is lost. The number of fractions of heat dehydration were 2 for NaCl and 3 for KCl. The excess ΔH¯_dehyd. was about 10 kJ mole^?1 H₂O for fraction II of NaCl, and 17 and 55 kJ mole^?1 H₂O for fractions II and III, respectively, of KCl.     

Melting behaviour of a series of monoamides

The melting behaviour of the monoamides of general formula (n-C_pH_2p+1)CONH-(n-C_qH_2p+1) is investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and infrared spectroscopy. The lower values of melting entropies, compared to those for linear hydrocarbons with the same number of conformationally flexible chain bonds, is attributed to a reduction in the number of conformations available to the hydrocarbon portion of the molecule, because of the large amount of hydrogen bonding maintained in the melt. The melting behaviour of the monoamides is compared with that of the diamides discussed in a previous paper [1]. The persistence of a network of hydrogen bonds in the melt of the diamides reduces the conformational freedom of the chain segments more than for the monoamides.     

Characterization and thermal behavior of kaolin

The effect of nitric oxide (NO) on heat production and oxygen consumption was studied in excised roots of 5-day-old wheat seedlings grown in CaCl₂ solution (2.5 × 10⁻⁴ mol/L). Sodium nitroprusside (SNP), NaNO₃, NaNO₂ were used as NO donors. Incubation of the cut roots (wound stress) in the presence of NO donors led to the decrease of heat production and suppressed oxygen consumption. The increase of potassium (K⁺) ions exit was observed, pointing to the increase of the plasma membrane permeability and to the disruption of the adaptive processes development in roots in the NaNO₂ presence.