NaCl-NaBO2-Na2CO3-NaMoO4 quaternary system

The NaCl-NaBO₂-Na₂CO₃-Na₂MoO₄ quaternary system was studied by a calculation-experimental method and differential thermal analysis. The coordinates of one ternary eutectic and two quaternary eutectics were determined: E ₇: 572°C, 29 mol % NaCl, 10 mol % NaBO₂, 32 mol % Na₂CO₃, and 29 mol % Na₂MoO₄; ɛ₁: 562°C, 36 mol % NaCl, 10 mol % NaBO₂, 30.5 mol % Na₂CO₃, and 23.5 mol % Na₂MoO₄; and ɛ₂: 536°C, 17 mol % NaCl, 10 mol % NaBO₂, 27 mol % Na₂CO₃, and 46 mol % Na₂MoO₄.     

KCl-KBO2-K2CO3, K2MoO4-KBO2-K2CO3, and K2WO4-KBO2-K2CO3 ternary systems

phase diagrams of KCl-KBO₂-K₂CO₃, K₂MoO₄-KBO₂-K₂CO₃, and K₂WO₄-KBO₂-K₂CO₃ ternary systems were studied by a calculation-experimental method and differential thermal analysis (DTA). The coordinates of ternary eutectics were determined to be E ₁: 622°C, 8.5 mol % KBO₂, 56.5 mol % KCl, and 35 mol % K₂CO₃; E ₂: 710°C, 23 mol % KBO₂, 43 mol % K₂CO₃, and 34 mol % K₂MoO₄; E ₃: 710°C, 23 mol % KBO₂, 43 mol % K₂CO₃, and 34 mol % K₂WO₄. The specific heats of melting of the eutectics were determined.     

High-temperature equilibria and critical phenomena in the Na2CO3-NaCl-H2O and Na2CO3-Na2WO4-H2O systems

Phase equilibria in the Na₂CO₃-NaCl-H₂O and Na₂CO₃-Na₂WO₄-H₂O ternary systems formed by type 1 salts (NaCl, Na₂WO₄) and a type 2 salt (Na₂CO₃) were experimentally studied at temperatures from 425 to 500°C and pressures from 30 to 160 MPa with the contents of type 1 salts from 10 to 30 wt %. Transition from supercritical homogeneous fluid equilibria of the Na₂CO₃-H₂O system to heterogeneous equilibria of the title ternary systems was studied in the presence or absence of liquid phase immiscibility in the type 1 subsystems.     

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.     

NaBO<Subscript>2</Subscript>-Na<Subscript>2</Subscript>CO<Subscript>3</Subscript>-Na<Subscript>2</Subscript>MoO<Subscript>4</Subscript>-Na<Subscript>2</Subscript>WO<Subscript>4</Subscript> quaternary system

This is the first study of the NaBO₂-Na₂CO₃-Na₂MoO₄-Na₂WO₄ quaternary system by differential thermal analysis. Na₂[MoO_4(x)WO_{4(1 − x)}] solid solutions in the quaternary system are found to not decompose.     

Ternary reciprocal systems Na,K||BO<Subscript>2</Subscript>,CO<Subscript>3</Subscript> and Na,K||BO<Subscript>2</Subscript>,Cl

The phase diagrams of the ternary reciprocal systems Na,K||BO₂,CO₃ and Na,K||BO₂,Cl were studied for the first time by a calculation-experimental method and by differential thermal analysis. Analytical models of phase equilibrium states were derived, and the coordinates of eutectics were found to be (680°C, 32 mol % NaBO₂, 68 mol % KCl) and (648°C, 9 mol % NaBO₂, 45.5 mol % NaCl, 45.5 mol % KCl). Binary solid solutions based on metaborates and carbonates of sodium and potassium were shown to be stable. The possibility of synthesizing tungsten oxide bronzes in a eutectic melt in the ternary system NaBO₂–NaCl–КCl was revealed.     

Phase relations,dopant effects,structure, and high electrical conductivity in the Na2WO4Na2MoO4 system

The x, T-phase diagram of the binary system Na₂WO₄Na₂MoO₄ has been redetermined at ambient pressure, taking into account the influence of hysteresis effects. Thermodynamic calculations, based upon transition entropies as determined by precision DSC (differential scanning calorimetry), indicate that the system is almost ideal with respect to the high-temperature phases.As anion dopes, Na₂SO₄ and Na₂CrO₄ give a metastable extension of the β-phase of Na₂WO₄ at decreasing temperature, involving some 40°C at 0.01 mole fraction of dopant. Cation dopes like Li₂WO₄ and K₂WO₄ behave quite differently.The electrical conductivity through the phase diagram is high in the α-phase (σ ～ 10^?2 mho cm^?1) almost regardless of composition. The anomalous high conductivity of the β-phase decreases with increasing molybdate content. In pure Na₂MoO₄ an anomaly occurs at the α-α₂ transition, resembling the behavior of Na₂WO₄ at the β-α transition. The (highest) α₂-phase is hexagonal, ($\text{P6}{}_3\text{mmc}$, showing large anisotropic thermal vibrations. The α-phase is orthorhombic (Fddd) as is the β-phase (probably Pbn2₁).     

A new ferroelastic transition in some A2(MO4)3 molybdates and tungstates

We have found for the first time a ferroelastic transition in many molybdates and tungstates with the Sc₂(MoO₄)₃-type structure. Below the transition these phases are monoclinic ($\text{P2}{}_1\text{a}$), and above the transition they are orthorhombic (Pnca). Observed transition temperatures are: Al₂(MoO₄)₃, 200°C; Al₂(WO₄)₃, ?6°C; Cr₂(MoO₄)₃, 385°C; Fe₂(MoO₄)₃, 499°C; In₂(MoO₄)₃, 335°C; In₂(WO₄)₃, 252°C; and Sc₂(MoO₄)₃, 9°C.     

Interfacial impedance behaviour of polished and paint platinum electrodes at Na2WO4-Na2MoO4 solid electrolytes

Interfacial impedances of the cell systems polished Pt/Na₂WO₄-Na₂MoO₄ and painted Pt/Na₂WO₄-Na₂MoO₄ were studied as a function of temperature and oxygen partial pressure by a.c. and pulse methods. The impedances are probably related to rate determining surface reactions of oxygen atoms and molecules. With Pt-paint, a particular type of impedance behaviour characterized by a constant phase angle, CPA, is observed: Z_p=K_p(jω)^?p (K_p and p independent of ω). No simple physical models were found to explain this behaviour, which is probably due to highly inhomogeneous current distribution effects.     

LiCl-LiBr-LiVO3 and LiCl-LiBr-Li2MoO4 ternary systems

Phase equilibria in the LiCl-LiBr-LiVO₃ and LiCl-LiBr-Li₂MoO₄ ternary systems have been investigated by differential thermal analysis. The following compositions have been revealed (mol %): eutectic in the LiCl-LiBr-LiVO₃ system (18.0% LiCl, 72.0% LiBr, and 10.0% LiVO₃) with a melting point of 464°C and specific enthalpy of melting of 213 kJ/kg, and a minimum in the LiCl-LiBr-Li₂MoO₄ system (27.0% LiCl, 48.0% LiBr, and 25.0% Li₂MoO₄) with a melting point of 444°C. The investigation of ternary systems including salts of alkali metals is of practical interest for chemical industry and metallurgy, where salt mixtures are used as fused electrolytes and heat carriers. Original Russian Text ? T.V. Gubanova, E.I. Frolova, I.K. Garkushin, 2009, published in Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii, 2009, Vol. 54, No. 7, pp. 1220–1223.     

Syntheses and single-crystal structures of CsTh(MoO4)2Cl and Na4Th(WO4)4

Colorless crystals of CsTh(MoO₄)₂Cl and Na₄Th(WO₄)₄ have been synthesized at 993 K by the solid-state reactions of ThO₂, MoO₃, CsCl, and ThCl₄ with Na₂WO₄. Both compounds have been characterized by the single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The structure of CsTh(MoO₄)₂Cl is orthorhombic, consisting of two adjacent [Th(MoO₄)₂] layers separated by an ionic CsCl sublattice. It can be considered as an insertion compound of Th(MoO₄)₂ and reformulated as Th(MoO₄)₂·CsCl. The Th atom coordinates to seven monodentate MoO₄ tetrahedra and one Cl atom in a highly distorted square antiprism. Na₄Th(WO₄)₄ adopts a scheelite superlattice structure. The three-dimensional framework of Na₄Th(WO₄)₄ is constructed from corner-sharing ThO₈ square antiprisms and WO₄ tetrahedra. The space within the channels is filled by six-coordinate Na ions. Crystal data: CsTh(MoO₄)₂Cl, monoclinic, P2₁/c, Z=4, a=10.170(1) Å, b=10.030(1) Å, c=9.649(1) Å, β=95.671(2)°, V=979.5(2) Å³, R(F)=2.65% for I>2σ(I); Na₄Th(WO₄)₄, tetragonal, I4₁/a, Z=4, a=11.437(1) Å, c=11.833(2) Å, V=1547.7(4) Å³, R(F)=3.02% for I>2σ(I).     

Charge carriers and dc polarization phenomena in solid Na2WO4

Ionic transport measurements based on the Tubandt method have been performed in all three solid phases of Na₂WO₄ at temperatures between 550 and 600°C in air. It is shown that t_Na⁺ = 1.00 in all cases. Ag is oxidized anodically to Ag⁺ at Ag/Na₂WO₄ interfaces. Cathodically only (air) oxygen reduction occurs, resulting in the formation of a poorly conducting layer of Na₂O and Na₂CO₃ at the cathode.     

Li,K‖Cl,MoO4 ternary mutual system

Phase equilibria in the Li,K‖Cl,MoO₄ ternary mutual system were studied by differential thermal analysis (DTA). The characteristics of the following three ternary eutectics were determined: E ₁: 348°C, 41 mol % KCl, 7.75 mol % Li₂MoO₄, and 51.25 mol % LiCl; E ₂: 475°C, 44 mol % KCl, 17.25 mol % Li₂MoO₄, and 38.75 mol % LiCl; and E ₂: 477°C, 35 mol % KCl, 47 mol % Li₂MoO₄, and 18 mol % LiCl.     

Subsolidus phase relations in the Na2MoO4-CoMoO4-Cr2(MoO4)3 system

Triple molybdate NaCoCr(MoO₄)₃, a phase of variable composition Na₂MoO₄-CoMoO₄-Cr₂(MoO₄)₃ (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.5) having nasicon structure (space group R $ \bar 3 $ \bar 3 c), and triple molybdate NaCo₃Cr(MoO₄)₅ crystallizing in triclinic space group P $ \bar 1 $ \bar 1 were synthesized in the subsolidus region of the Na₂MoO₄-CoMoO₄-Cr₂(MoO₄)₃ ternary salt system. Crystal parameters were calculated for the newly synthesized molybdates and phases. The vibration spectra of Na_{1 − x} Co_{1 − x} Cr_{1 + x} (MoO₄)₃ and electrophysical properties were studied. Upon Na + Co → Cr(III) substitution, chromium cations are distributed to cobalt sites and additional vacancies are generated in the sodium sublattice.     

Refinement of Phase Formation in the Na2MoO4-Hf(MoO4)2 System. Crystal Structure of the New Binary Molybdate Na8Hf(MoO4)6

Phase equilibria in the subsolidus region of the Na₂MoO₄-Hf(MoO₄)₂ system have been investigated. The existence of Na₂Hf(MoO₄)₃ was confirmed, and a new binary molybdate, Na₈Hf(MoO₄)₆, has been found, whose crystal structure with dimensions a = 20.661(3) Å, b = 9.816(1) Å, c = 13.796(3) Å, β = 113.47(1)°, Z = 4, space group C2/_c, _R = 0.023 is similar to that of K₈Hf(MoO₄)₆. In the structure, each HfO₆ octahedron is linked (through common vertices) to six MoO₄ tetrahedra, forming [Hf(MoO₄)₆]⁸⁻ cluster groups. Between the groups are Na⁺ ions having considerably distorted tetragonal pyramidal or octahedral oxygen surroundings; c.n. of sodium here is 5 or 6 versus c.n. = 7–9 of potassium in K₈Hf(MoO₄)₆. The open irregular environment of sodium and the continuous three-dimensional openwork of oxygen polyhedra around sodium suggest that Na₈Hf(MoO₄)₆ or its analogs may be good ion conductors.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by S. F. Solodovnikov, B. G. Bazarov, L. V. Balsanova, Z. A. Solodovnikova, and Zh. G. Bazarova__________Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 1044–1048, November–December, 2004.     

Theoretical study of the structure and stability of the Na2Cl+, NaCl 2? , Na3Cl 2+ , and Na2Cl 3? ions

The geometrical parameters, normal vibration frequencies, and thermochemical characteristics of the Na₂Cl⁺, NaCl ₂ ⁻ , Na₃Cl ₂ ⁺ , and Na₂Cl ₃ ⁻ ions in saturated vapors over sodium chloride were calculated by the ab initio methods including electron correlation. According to calculations, the Na₂Cl⁺ and NaCl ₂ ⁻ triatomic ions have a linear equilibrium D _∞h configuration. The pentaatomic ions can exist in the form of the D _∞h linear isomer, C _2v planar cyclic isomer, or D _3h bipyramidal isomer. At ∼1000 K the Na₃Cl ₂ ⁺ and Na₂Cl ₃ ⁻ ions exist predominantly in the form of the linear isomers. The energies and enthalpies of the ion-molecule reactions involving the above ions were calculated. The formation enthalpy of the ions Δ_f H ⁰(0 K) was determined: 230 ± 2 kJ/mol (Na₂Cl⁺), −96 ± 4 kJ/mol (Na₂Cl ₃ ⁻ ), −616 ± 2 kJ/mol (NaCl ₂ ⁻ ), and −935 ± 4 kJ/mol (Na₂Cl ₃ ⁻ ). Original Russian Text Copyright ? 2007 by T. P. Pogrebnaya, A. M. Pogrebnoi, and L. S. Kudin __________ Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 48, No. 6, pp. 1053–1061, November–December, 2007.     

Phase equilibria in the KCl-KBO2-K2CO3-K2WO4 quaternary system

The phase diagram of the KCl-KBO₂-K₂CO₃-K₂WO₄ quaternary system was studied by a calculation-experimental method and differential thermal analysis. Analytical models of phase equilibrium states were obtained, and the coordinates of a quaternary eutectic were determined: 545°C, 50 mol % KCl, 8 mol % KBO₂, 22.5 mol % K₂CO₃, and 19.5 mol % K₂WO₄.     

Interactions in the subsolidus region of the Na2MoO4-NiMoO4-Fe2(MoO4)3 system

Phase relations have been investigated in the subsolidus region of the Na₂MoO₄-NiMoO₄-Fe₂(MoO₄)₃ system by X-ray diffraction, differential thermal analysis, and vibrational spectroscopy. The phase of variable composition Na_1−x Ni_1−x Fe_1+x (MoO₄)₃(0≤x≤0.5) with the NASICON structure (space group R c) and the NaNi₃Fe(MoO₄)₅ ternary molybdate crystallizing in the triclinic crystal system (space group P ) have been obtained. A high conductivity was found in Na_1−x Ni_1−x Fe_1+x (MoO₄)₃, which allows one to consider this phase of variable composition as a promising solid electrolyte with sodium ion conduction. Original Russian Text ? N.M. Kozhevnikova, A.V. Imekhenova, 2009, published in Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii, 2009, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 695–700.     

Cr2(WO4)3和Cr2(MoO4)3的负热膨胀特性研究

用液相反应-前驱物烧结法制备了Cr₂(WO₄)₃和Cr₂(MoO₄)₃粉体。298～1 073 K的原位粉末X射线衍射数据表明Cr₂(WO₄)₃和Cr₂(MoO₄)₃的晶胞体积随温度的升高而增大, 本征线热膨胀系数分别为(1.274±0.003)×10^-6 K^-1和(1.612±0.003)×10^-6 K^-1。用热膨胀仪研究了Cr₂(WO₄)₃和Cr₂(MoO₄)₃在静态空气中298～1 073 K范围内热膨胀行为，即开始表现为正热膨胀，随后在相转变点达到最大值，最后表现为负热膨胀，其负热膨胀系数分别为(-7.033±0.014)×10^-6 K^-1和(-9.282±0.019)×10^-6 K^-1。     

Phase equilibria in M2O-MgO-B2O3 (M=Na, Rb) systems

The Na₂O-MgO-B₂O₃ system (500-550°C) and Rb₂O-MgO-B₂O₃ system (550-700°C) were studied by the methods of powder X-ray diffraction and visual polythermal analysis, and their isothermal sections were constructed at 550 and 650-700°C, respectively. New ternary compounds were found to form: Na₂₄Mg₃B₁₀O₃₀, Na₄Mg₃B₂O₈, and Rb₂Mg₃B₂O₇.