Zur Kenntnis der Chlorid-Spinelle Li2MgCl4, Li2MnCl4, Li2FeCl4, Li2CdCl4

About the Chloride Spinels Li₂MgCl₄, Li₂MnCl₄, Li₂FeCl₄, Li₂CdCl₄ FIR, Raman, and X-ray data of the spinel type chlorides Li₂TCl₄ (T = Mg, Mn, Fe, Cd) are presented. The vibrational spectra indicate that there is no 1:1 ordering on the octahedral sites of the lattice. Both DTA measurements and high temperature X-ray photographs show that the chloride spinels undergo a reversible phase transition to a cubic high temperature defect structure at 535°C (Li₂MgCl₄), 460°C (Li₂MnCl₄) and 385°C (Li₂CdCl₄), which has unit cell dimensions two times smaller than the spinel lattice. Disordering of the lithium sublattice still begins at much lower temperatures, as measurements of the electric conductivity indicate.