Nitrogen defects from NH3 in rare-earth sesquioxides and ZrO2

Effects of nitrogen defects on the electrical properties of RE(2)O(3) (RE = Nd, Gd, Er, Y) and ZrO(2) have been investigated by equilibration in ammonia (NH(3)) atmospheres in the temperature range 1000-1200 °C. The electrical conductivity in ammonia corresponded to that in H(2)-Ar mixtures of similar pO(2). However, upon replacing ammonia with an inert gas, the conductivity increases abruptly, typically one order of magnitude, before gradually returning to its equilibrium value. A defect model based on dissolution and dissociation of effectively neutral imide defects substituting oxide ions, NH, is proposed to describe this behavior. Conductivity measurements are interpreted in terms of nitrogen acceptors which are passivated by protons in the presence of H(2)(g), and subsequently compensated by positive charge carriers in an inert atmosphere as out-diffusion of hydrogen leaves an effective acceptor, N. In the case of Y(2)O(3), a NH concentration of 0.7 mol% was estimated from quantification of the nitrogen and hydrogen contents of a sample quenched in NH(3).     

Desulfation of rare-earth concentrates

Desulfation of lanthanide concentrates recovered from sulfuric acid solutions of phosphohemihydrate leaching as sulfates and double sulfates with sodium was studied.     

A contribution to the structural chemistry of A-type rare earth sesquioxides

La₂O₃ and Nd₂O₃ have been annealed at temperatures between 1000 and 1600°C for decontamination. Only products annealed at least at these temperatures appeared to be monophasic. Both X-ray powder and electron single-crystal diffraction revealed the A-type sesquioxide structure. No difference could be found in samples either quenched or slowly cooled to room temperature. Two space groups, $\text{P}\text{3}\text{m1}$ and $\text{P6}{}_3\text{mmc}$, are reported for the A-type structure. X-Ray powder studies seemed to support the latter on the evidence of extinctions. Electron diffraction from single crystals, however, indicated the space group $\text{P}\text{3}\text{m1}$, confirming the so-called Pauling structure, while $\text{P6}{}_3\text{mmc}$ can now be excluded unequivocally.     

稀土元素分析

本文对2006～2010年间我国稀土元素分析化学方面的进展进行了综述,内容包括重量法和滴定法、分光光度法、分子荧光和发光法、原子吸收光谱法、原子发射光谱法、X射线荧光光谱法、质谱法、电化学法、气体分析及色谱等其它方法,引用文献251篇。     

稀土元素分析

对2001-2005年间我国稀土元素分析化学方面的文献和某些进展进行了综述,内容包括重量法、滴定法、分光光度法、分子荧光和发光法、原子吸收光谱法、原子发射光谱法、X射线荧光光谱法、质谱法、放射化学和电化学法等.引用文献301篇.     

The synthesis and cytotoxic activity of novel organogermanium sesquioxides with anthraquinone or naphthalene moiety

Four novel organogermanium sesquioxides with anthraquinone or naphthalene moiety were synthesized.The structures were characterized by IR,NMR and elemental analysis,and their cytotoxicities were evaluated against human chronic myeloid leukemia K562 cell lines.The cytotoxicity could be improved by the introduction of planar aromatic chromophore moiety to the parent compound,Ge-132.     

Thermal and x-ray studies of binary rare earth sesquioxides — Alkali metal persulfate systems

Three binary systems, each consisting of mixtures of different molar ratios of a rare earth (4f metal) sesquioxide and sodium or potassium persulfate (peroxodisulfate) have been investigated under static (air) atmospheres using a derivatograph. For each system (R₂O₃ - M₂S₂O₈, whereR is Sm, Gd, or Dy, andM is K or Na), the molar ratios that represent stoichiometric reactions were fixed. Calculations were based on data obtained from T, TG, DTG and DTA curves. Intermediate and final products were mainly identified by X-ray diffractometry. Double salts of Sm, Gd, and Dy were thermally prepared by solid-state reactions. It was found that one such double salt KDy(SO₄)₂, forms a eutectic mixture with K₂SO₄ and also that both Gd and Dy sesquioxides behave asp-type semiconductors and therefore exhibit catalytic activities towards the thermal decomposition of persulfates and pyrosulfates. Optimal catalysis was obtained with molar ratios of 13. The activities increased as the ionic radii of these metals decrease: Sm, Gd, Dy.

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Zusammenfassung Drei binäre Systeme, jeweils aus Gemischen verschiedener Molverhältnisse der Sesquioxide der seltenen Erden mit Natrium- oder Kaliumpersulfat (Peroxodisulfat) bestehend, werden in statischer Luft-Atmosphäre unter Einsatz des Derivatographen untersucht. Für jedes System (R₂O₃M₂S₂O₈, mitR = Sm, Gd oder Dy undM = K oder Na) sind die Molverhältnisse, welche stöchiometrischen Reaktionen entsprechen, festgelegt. Die Berechnungen beruhen auf aus T-, TG-, DTG- und DTA-Kurven erhaltenen Angaben. Die Zwischen- und Endprodukte werden hauptsächlich durch Röntgendiffraktometrie identifiziert. Doppelsalze von Sm, Gd und Dy werden thermisch durch Festphasenreaktionen gebildet. Es wurde gefunden, dass eines dieser Doppelsalze, KDy(SO₄)₂, mit K₂SO₄ ein eutektisches Gemisch bildet. Weiterhin zeigte sich, dass sowohl Gd- als auch Dy-Sesquioxide sich wie Halbleiter vom p-Typs verhalten und dadurch gegenüber der thermischen Zersetzung von Persulfaten und Pyrosulfaten katalytische Aktivitäten aufweisen. Die optimale Katalyse wird mit Molverhältnissen von (13) erzielt. Die Aktivitäten steigen mit abnehmenden Ionenradien der Metalle: Sm, Gd und Dy.

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Résumé Trois systèmes binaires consistant chacun en des mélanges en proportions molaires différentes de sesquioxydes de métaux de terres rares 4f et de persulfate (peroxodisulfate) de sodium et de potassium ont été étudiés en atmosphère statique (air) avec un Derivatograph. Les proportions molaires correspondant aux réactions stoechiométriques ont été fixées pour chaque système (R₂O₃M₂S₂O₈ oùR=Sm, Gd ou Dy etM=K ou Na). Les calculs reposent sur des données obtenues à partir des courbes T, TG, TGD et ATD. L'identification des produits intermédiaires et finaux a été effectuée principalement par diffractométrie des rayons X. Les sels doubles de Sm, Gd et Dy sont préparés par voie thermique, par réactions en phase solide. On a trouvé que l'un de ces sels doubles, (KDy/SO₄)₂ forme un mélange eutectique avec K₂SO₄. On a trouvé de même que les deux sesquioxides de Gd et de Dy ont un comportement de semiconducteurs du typep et qu'ils montrent une activité catalytique sur la décomposition thermique des persulfates et pyrosulfates. La catalyse optimale est obtenue avec les proportions molaires de (1/3). L'activité augmente quand les rayons ioniques des métaux diminuent: Sm, Gd, Dy.

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4f . R₂O₃ M₂S₂O₈, R-Sm, Gd, Dy, aM- Na, , . , -, -, - -. . Sm, Gd Dy . , - KDy(SO₄)₂ K₂SO₄. , Gd Dy p- . 13 . : Sm, Gd, Dy.

     

Thermal decomposition of rare-earth trioxalatocobaltates

The thermal decomposition of rare-earth trioxalatocobaltates LnCo(C₂O₄)₃ · x H₂O, where Ln  La, Pr, Nd, has been studied in flowing atmospheres of air/oxygen, argon/ nitrogen, carbon dioxide and a vacuum. The compounds decompose through three major steps, viz. dehydration, decomposition of the oxalate to an intermediate carbonate, which further decomposes to yield rare-earth cobaltite as the final product. The formation of the final product is influenced by the surrounding gas atmosphere. Studies on the thermal decomposition of photodecomposed lanthanum trioxalatocobaltate and a mechanical mixture of lanthanum oxalate and cobalt oxalate in 1 : 2 molar ratio reveal that the decomposition behaviour of the two samples is different. The drawbacks of the decomposition scheme proposed earlier have been pointed out, and logical schemes based on results obtained by TG, DTA, DTG, supplemented by various physico-chemical techniques such as gas and chemical analyses, IR and mass spectroscopy, surface area and magnetic susceptibility measurements and X-ray powder diffraction methods, have been proposed for the decomposition in air of rare-earth trioxalatocobaltates as well as for the photoreduced lanthanum salt and a mechanical mixture of lanthanum and cobalt oxalates.     

Controlled synthesis of rare-earth polyniobatotantalates

We report the results obtained during developing methods for a controlled synthesis of monometal and bimetallic low-hydrated hydroxides (LHHs) of composition Nb _n Ta_{1 − n} O _x (OH)_{5 − x} · mH₂O, which represent a new class of precursors, and use of their based intermediates in synthesis of rare-earth niobatotantalates to produce materials having high phase homogeneity.     

Photostability of rare-earth element hexafluoroacetylacetonates

Measurements have been made of the quantum yields in photodecomposition of adducts of lanthanide hexafluoroacetylacetonates in hexane, with various excitation energies. The photoreactivity of luminescing complexes of Eu³⁺ and Sm³⁺ is much lower than the reactivity of the nonluminescing complexes of La³⁺ and Gd³⁺. The photoreactivity of the complexes is lower when oxygen is present.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1975–1978, September, 1989.     

Magnetic structure of rare-earth dodecaborides

We have investigated the magnetic structure of HoB₁₂, ErB₁₂ and TmB₁₂ by neutron diffraction on isotopically enriched single-crystalline samples. Results in zero field as well as in magnetic field up to 5 T reveal modulated incommensurate magnetic structures in these compounds. The basic reflections can be indexed with q=(1/2±δ, 1/2±δ, 1/2±δ), where δ=0.035 both for HoB₁₂ and TmB₁₂ and with q=(3/2±δ, 1/2±δ, 1/2±δ), where δ=0.035, for ErB₁₂. In an applied magnetic field, new phases are observed. The complex magnetic structure of these materials seems to result from the interplay between the RKKY and dipole-dipole interaction. The role of frustration due to the fcc symmetry of dodecaborides and the crystalline electric field effect is also considered.     

Well-defined silica-supported rare-earth silylamides

Rare-earth silylamides [Ln{N(SiMe3)2}3] [1a-d, Ln = Y (1a), La (1b), Nd (1c), Sm (1d)] react with partially dehydroxylated silica to generate the singly surface-bonded species [(Si-O)Ln{N(SiMe3)2}2] (2a-d). Trimethylsilylation of silanols occurs during the grafting process, affording in fine a hydroxyl-free surface. Contacting these well-defined surface species with excess triphenylphosphine oxide yields [(Si-O)Ln{N(SiMe3)2}2(OPPh3)] surface adducts 3a-d as the major (80%) species, leaving about 20% of unreacted siloxide bisamido species (20%). In addition to elemental analysis and infrared spectroscopy, solid-state NMR spectroscopy was used to characterize these new materials and proved to be a particularly efficient tool for the study of the paramagnetic Nd- and Sm-containing materials and for providing unambiguous verification of OPPh3 coordination on the rare-earth center. Silica-supported rare-earth amides 2a-d are active catalysts for 1-hexene and styrene hydrosilylation and for phenylacetylene dimerization. When compared to the molecular species 1a-d, grafting of the catalyst induces significant changes in the activity and selectivity of these systems.     

Determination of impurities in rare-earth compounds

Summary Non-rare-earth impurities are determined in pure-rare-earth compounds by atomic absorption spectrometry, voltammetry and inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry, respectively. The analytical results and the problems of quality control and of purity certification of rare-earth compounds are discussed. The methods used are suitable for the determination of the most important trace elements in the range of low concentrations without preconcentration.Dedicated to Prof. Dr. G. Schulze on the occasion of his 60th birthday     

3-Picoline-N-oxide complexes of rare-earth bromides

3-Picoline-N-oxide (3-PicNO) complexes of rare-earth bromides of the formulaMBr₃(3-PicNO)_8–n·nH₂O wheren=0 forM=La, Pr, Nd, Sm Tb or Y andn=2 forM=Ho or Yb have been prepared. Infrared and proton NMR studies indicate that the coordination of the ligand is through oxygen. Conductance data in acetonitrile suggest that two bromide ions are coordinated to the metal ion. Proton NMR studies suggest a bicapped dodecahedral arrangement of the ligands around the metal ion in solution for Pr(III), Nd(III) and Tb(III) complexes.