Heat capacity and thermodynamic functions of new cobalt manganites NdM<Subscript>2</Subscript><Superscript>I</Superscript> CoMnO<Subscript>5</Subscript> (M<Superscript>I</Superscript> = Li,Na, and K) in the range of 298.15–673 K

Temperature dependences of the heat capacity of cobalt manganites NdM₂ ^I CoMnO₅ (M^I = Li, Na, and K) are studied by means of dynamic calorimetry in the range of 298.15?673 K. It is found that λ-shaped effects are observed on the C _p ^° ~ f (T) curve of cobalt manganites, due probably to second order phase transitions. Based on the experimental data, equations for the temperature dependences of the heat capacity of cobalt manganite are derived with allowance for the temperatures of phase transitions. The values of thermodynamic functions Н°(T)–Н°(298.15), S°(T), and Ф^хх(T) are calculated.     

Thermodynamic Properties of Zincate-Manganites of LaM<Subscript>2</Subscript> <Superscript>II</Superscript>ZnMnO<Subscript>6</Subscript> (М<Superscript>II</Superscript> = Mg,Ca, Sr,Ba) Composition

Temperature dependences of the heat capacity of new zincate-manganites of LaM₂^IIZnMnO₆ (M^II = Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) composition are studied via experimental calorimetry in the interval of 298.15–673 K. It is found that all compounds have λ-shape effects on the curve of dependence C_p° ~ ?(T) with respect to phase transitions of the second kind. Equations for the temperature dependence of the heat capacity are derived with allowance for phase transition temperatures, and thermodynamic functions H°(T) ? H°(298.15), S°(T) and Φ^xx(T) are calculated on the basis of experimental data on C_p°(T) and the calculated S°(298.15) value.     

Heat capacities and thermodynamic functions of new nanosized ferro-chromo-manganites LaM<Subscript>0.5</Subscript><Superscript>II</Superscript>FeCrMnO<Subscript>6.5</Subscript> (M<Superscript>II</Superscript>–Mg,Ca, Sr,Ba)

The heat capacities of nanosized ferro-chromo-manganites LaM_0.5 ^IIFeCrMnO_6.5 (M^II–Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) are measured via dynamic calorimetry in the temperature range of 298.15–673 K using an IT-S-400 instrument. It is established that the C°_p~f(T) function of LaM_0.5 ^IIFeCrMnO_6.5 (M^II–Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) has λ-type effects, due probably to phase transitions of the second order. Considering the temperatures of the phase transitions, equations of the heat capacity of ferro-chromo-manganites LaM_0.5 ^IIFeCrMnO_6.5 (M^II–Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) as a function of temperature are derived on the basis of experimental data. Thermodynamic functions Н°(Т)–Н°(298.15), S°(Т), and Ф ^хх(Т) are calculated in the temperature range of 298.15–675 K.     

The structural organization of liquid low-molecular-weight epoxy oligomers

The possibility of the existence and the behavior of molecular aggregates in low-molecular-weight epoxy resins were studied. The globular morphology of all liquid resins was determined using transmission electron microscopy. The lamellar morphology of crystallized ED24 was established by additionally using atomic-force microscopy. The thermal behavior of oligomeric epoxides was studied over the temperature range ?100–100°C. The T _g and T _ll transitions were recorded for liquid resins by differential scanning calorimetry. For solid ED24, the T _m peak of resin melting situated between T _g and T _ll was observed. The existence of the T _ll transition was substantiated by positron annihilation measurements. The morphological picture was thermally unstable and became completely degenerate at T _ll. The morphology and thermophysical parameters of the resins changed substantially after their vibrational treatment. The morphology of oligomers was shown to be “hereditarily” (genetically) related to that of the corresponding network polymers.     

Apparent Molar Volumes of Aqueous Solutions of Magnesium Tetraborate from 283.15 to 363.15 K and 0.1 MPa

Densities for aqueous solutions of magnesium tetraborate MgB₄O₇(aq) at the molalities of (0.00556–0.03341) mol·kg^?1 were measured with an Anton Paar Digital vibrating-tube densimeter at temperature intervals of 5 K from 283.15 to 363.15 K and 0.1 MPa. Apparent molar volumes were obtained based on the experimental density data, and the 3D diagrams of the apparent molar volume (V _? ) of MgB₄O₇(aq) against temperature (T) and molality (m) were plotted. On the basis of the Vogel–Tamman–Fulcher equation, the coefficients of the correlation equation for densities of MgB₄O₇(aq) against temperature and molality were parameterized. According to the Pitzer ion-interaction model of the apparent molar volume, the temperature correlation equations of Pitzer single-salt parameters F(i,p,T)?=?a₀?+?a₁?×?T?+?a₂?×?T ²?+?a₃/T?+?a₄?×?ln(T)?+?a₅?×?T ³ (where T is temperature in Kelvin, a _i are model parameters) for MgB₄O₇ were obtained for the first time.     

Density,Viscosity, and Glass Transition of an Ethylenediamine–Ethylene Glycol Binary System

Densities ρ and viscosities η were measured for the binary mixtures of ethylenediamine (EDA) and ethylene glycol (EG) in the temperature range 288.15–323.15 K for ρ and at 273.15–323.15 K for η, both of which are broader temperature ranges than those reported previously. The value of ρ monotonously decreases against the mole fraction of EDA, x _EDA, and increasing temperature. The concentration dependence of η exhibits a maximum in the intermediate concentration range at all temperatures measured. The glass transition temperature, T _g, for samples with x _EDA < 0.7 was measured using differential scanning calorimetry. The measured T _g values show a peak in the intermediate concentration range, which is a behavior similar to that of η; however, the peak concentrations for η and T _g did not precisely align because of a deviation in the maximum hydrogen-bond density. The partial molar volumes for EDA and EG and the thermal expansivities, α, were obtained from ρ. Results in the present study are discussed in terms of the extensively increasing hydrogen-bond density for polyamine–polyhydric alcohol systems.     

X-ray diffraction and thermodynamic characteristics for tellurite of the composition Li<Subscript>2</Subscript>CeTeO<Subscript>5</Subscript>

Tellurite of the composition Li₂CeTeO₅ is synthesized by solid-phase method from cerium(IV) and tellurium(IV) oxides and lithium carbonate. The type of syngony, the unit cell parameters, and the compound’s X-ray and pycnometry densities are determined via X-ray diffraction analysis. The isobaric heat capacity of lithium–cerium tellurite is studied by means of dynamic calorimetry in the temperature range of 298.15–673 K; the results serve as the basis for deriving C _p ^° ~ f(T) dependency equations and determining the compound’s thermodynamic functions. λ-shaped anomalous effects, due probably to Type II phase transitions, are found on the C _p ^° ~ f(T) dependence.     

Phase equilibria involving solid solutions in the Li–Mn–O system

Phase equilibria involving LiMn₂O_4-, Li₂MnO_3-, LiMnO_2-, Mn₃O_4-, and MnO-base solid solutions were studied with varied temperature and partial oxygen pressure. The \({P_{{o_2}}}\)–T and x–y projections of the P–T–x–y phase diagram of the Li–Mn?O system were constructed, as well as the key x–y isotherms of the Li₂O–MnO–MnO₂ quasi-ternary system. In some experiments, the authors’ hydride lithiation method was employed to prepare lithium-rich homogeneous three-component nonstoichiometric phases.     

Dynamics of radiationless transitions in large molecules: 3. Decay of vibration-phonon states

The statistical operator of the ensemble of high-frequency intramolecular vibrations associated with the phonon reservoir depends on the phonon occupation numbers under thermal equilibrium conditions. The eigenvalues of energy of statistically averaged vibration-phonon (VP) states are complex quantities. In the case of weak VP coupling, only one- and two-phonon transitions are taken into consideration for calculating the decay rate constant, in which the difference of phonon energies compensates for the difference in energy between the initial and final intramolecular states. Although the fast evolution of amplitudes of VP states is due to intramolecular redistribution of energy and is not reduced to exponential decay of the initial state, the imaginary components of the eigenvalues coincide with those predicted by Fermi’s golden rule. The relative contribution of two-phonon (combination) transitions compared with one-phonon transitions increases with an increase in the density of intramolecular states and temperature, becoming prevalent for large molecules at T ≥ D ? Δ₀ (D = 100–200 K (70–140 cm^?1) is the Debye temperature and Δ₀～10 cm^?1 is the spacing between neighboring intramolecular vibration levels). When T ≥ D, the decay rate constant is K ∝ T ².     

A Search for a Direct Relationship Between Chromatographic and Adsorption Data

Shifts of chromatographic peak maxima and centres of gravity have been investigated for different amounts of propane injected on to a chromatographic column in ideal, non-linear chromatography. Specific retention volumes (V _{g (273)}, corrected to the standard temperature, 273.15 K), propane adsorption isotherms, and the first and second derivatives of the isotherms, (da/dp) _T and (d²a/dp²) _T , were determined for samples of active carbon and for different amounts of propane injected on column. Relationships between specific retention volume and the molar differential work of adsorption, A, were calculated on the basis of the propane isotherms and using the retention times of the peak maxima and the centres of gravity of the peaks. The equations obtained, ln V _{g (273)}=f₁(A) and(dW/dA) _{T, F c} = f₂(ln V _{g (273)}), have been used to explain the relationships between (i) chromatographic peak profiles and (ii) the distribution function of pore volumes filled with propane and the molar differential work of adsorption at different column temperatures (303–318 K).     

WO<Subscript>3</Subscript> films prepared by thermal oxidation of magnetron-sputtered tungsten: Synthesis and properties

X-ray powder diffraction shows that a monoclinic WO_2.90 film is formed during the thermal oxidation of 200-nm-thick magnetron-sputtered metallic tungsten on quartz substrates at T = 793 K. Temperature elevation to T = 840 K yields orthorhombic WO₃ with preferred (001) orientation. Adsorption spectroscopy shows that these films have high transparency (～90%) in the wavelength range 450–900 nm, and interference is observed in the transparency range. Two types of transitions are discovered: indirect transitions with the energies E _gi = 2.77 and 2.41 eV and direct transitions with the energies E _gd = 5.49 and 4.82 eV for the oxide films formed at 793 and 840 K, respectively. The tendency toward the increase in the transition energy with increasing annealing temperature proves that the crystallinity and order of the film improve.     

Synthesis and study of high-temperature heat capacity of erbium orthovanadate

Orthovanadate ErVO₄ has been prepared by solid-phase synthesis from a stoichiometric mixture of high pure V₂O₅ and chemically pure Er₂O₃ by multistage calcination in air in the temperature range 873–1273 K. The effect of temperature (380–1000 K) on the heat capacity of orthovanadate ErVO₄ was studied by hightemperature calorimetry. Thermodynamic properties of erbium orthovanadate (enthalpy change H°(T)–H°(380 K), entropy change S°(T)–S°(380 K), and reduced Gibbs energy Φ°(T)) have been calculated from the experimental C_p = f(T) data. It has been shown that the specific heat varies in a row of oxides and orthovanadates of Gd-Lu naturally depending on the radius of the R³⁺ ion within the third and fourth tetrads.     

Peroxy radicals as motional probes at the end of isolated polystyrene chains and on the cellulose surfaces in vacuum

The isolated polystyrene chains spin-labeled with peroxide radical at the free end (IPSOO) in which the chain roots were covalently bonded to the surface of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) powder were produced by mechanochemical polymerization of styrene initiated by MCC mechanoradicals. The IPSOO was used as motional probes at the ends of isolated polystyrene chains tethered on the surface of MCC powder. Two modes for the molecular motion of IPSOO were observed. One was a tumbling motion of IPSOO on the MCC surface, defined as a train state, and another was a free rotational motion of IPSOO protruding out from the MCC surface, defined as a tail state. The temperature of tumbling motion (T _tum ) of IPSOO at the train state was at 90 K with anisotropic correlation times. T _tum (90 K) is extremely low compared to the glass transition temperature (T _g ^b ; 373 K) of polystyrene in the bulk. At temperatures above 219 K, the IPSOO was protruded out from the MCC surface, and freely rotated at the tail state. The train–tail transition temperature (T _train–tail ) was estimated to be 222 K. T _tum (90 K) and T _train–tail (222 K) are due to the extremely low chain segmental density of IPSOO on the MCC surface under vacuum. The interaction between IPSOO and the MCC surface is a minor contributing factor in the mobility of IPSOO on the surface under vacuum. It was found that peroxy radicals are useful probes to characterize the chain mobility reflecting their environmental conditions.     

Synthesis and heat capacity of NdVO<Subscript>4</Subscript> in the temperature range of 384–859 K

Heat capacity of NdVO₄ was determined in the temperature range of 384–859 K using differential scanning calorimetry. The thermodynamic functions (H°(T)–H°(384 K), S°(T)–S°(384 K), and Φ°) of neodymium orthovanadate were calculated using the experimental C_p = f(T) values. The structure of NdVO₄ was studied at 298 and 973 K.     

Pressure-induced zircon to monazite phase transition in Y<Subscript>1–<Emphasis Type="Italic">х</Emphasis></Subscript>La<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">х</Emphasis></Subscript>PO<Subscript>4</Subscript>: First-principles calculations

Density functional theory was used to study pressure-induced phase transitions of zircon to monazite in doped yttrium orthophosphate, Y_1–х La _х PO₄, for х = 0, 0.0625, 0.125. The pressures of the phase transition, the elastic moduli and the universal elastic anisotropy index were calculated. It was shown that with increasing lanthanum concentration in Y_1–x La _x PO₄, the transition pressure increases. According to the Birch–Murnaghan equation of state, this effect is associated with a decrease in the critical volume. The increased stability of the doped zircon phase compared to YPO₄ is attributed to the more significant increase in the anisotropy and distortions of REO₈ polyhedra and RE–O–P chains found for the optimized structures at critical volumes.     

Analysis and characterization of the transition from the Arrhenius to non-Arrhenius structural relaxation in fragile glass-forming liquids

We have studied the transition from an Arrhenius-like to a non-Arrhenius-like structural relaxation behavior in fragile glass-forming liquids. This transition is denoted by the temperature T_A that usually occurs above the melting point T_m and the dynamic crossover temperature T_B. Recent studies reveal that T_A is a characteristic temperature related with the dynamical properties of the system. However, its unambiguous determination is not easy. In this work, a method to obtain the temperature T_A from the experimental data of α-relaxation time is presented. The obtained T_A is compared with the cooperativity onset temperature T_x extracted from the bond strength–coordination number fluctuation model. The result reveals that T_A is close to T_x for fragile liquids. From the result of the present analyses combined with the linear relation T_x \(\propto\) T₀, where T₀ is the Vogel temperature, the Arrhenius crossover phenomenon in fragile liquids is linked to the low-temperature structural relaxation dynamics.     

Bulk properties of a liquid phase mixture {ethylene glycol+<Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butanol} in the temperature range 278.15–348.15 K and pressures of 0.1-100 MPa. I. Experimental results,excess and partial molar volumes

The densities ρ and coefficients of compressibility k = ΔV/V ₀ of a binary mixture {ethylene glycol (1) + tert-butanol (2)} in the temperature range of 278.15–323.15 K and pressures of 0.1–100 MPa over the entire range of compositions of liquid phase state are measured. Found that the coefficients of compressibility k of the mixture increase both with an increase in the concentration of tert-butanol and with a rise in temperature and pressure. The excess molar volumes of the mixture, apparent, partial molar volumes, and limiting partial molar volumes of the components are calculated. It is showed that the excess molar volumes of the mixture are negative and decrease when the pressure increases. The excess molar volumes are described by the Redlich-Kister equation. The partial molar volumes of ethylene glycol sharply decrease in the range of high concentrations of tert-butanol. The dependences of partial molar volumes of ethylene glycol are characterized by the presence of a region of temperature inversion. The “negative compressibility” of the limiting partial volumes of ethylene glycol is revealed.     

The thermal properties of water-n,n-dimethylformamide solutions at 278–323.15 K and 0.1–100 MPa

The isothermal compressibility coefficients κ _T , volumetric thermal expansion coefficients α, and pressure coefficients (?p/?T) _v were calculated for water-N,N-dimethylformamide (DMFA) mixtures of 12 compositions over the temperature and pressure ranges 278–323.15 K and 0.1–100 MPa. The composition dependences of κ _T passed minima, and the corresponding α and (?p/?T) _v dependences passed maxima. The structural features of water and hydrophobic hydration effects were found to play a determining role in changes in the thermodynamic properties of water-DMFA solutions.     

Thermodynamic properties of triphenylantimony dibenzoate

The temperature dependence of the heat capacity of triphenylantimony dibenzoate Ph₃Sb(OC(O)Ph)₂ is studied in the range of 6–480 K by means of precision adiabatic vacuum calorimetry and differential scanning calorimetry. The melting of the compound is observed in this temperature range, and its standard thermodynamic characteristics are identified and analyzed. Ph₃Sb(OC(O)Ph)₂ is obtained in a metastable amorphous state in a calorimeter. The standard thermodynamic functions of Ph₃Sb(OC(O)Ph)₂ in the crystalline and liquid states are calculated from the obtained experimental data: C_p^°(T), H°(T)–H°(0), S°(T), and G°(T)–H°(0) for the region from T → 0 to 480 K. The standard entropy of formation of the compound in the crystalline state at T = 298.15 K is determined. Multifractal processing of the low-temperature (T < 50 K) heat capacity of the compound is performed. It is concluded that the structure of the compound has a planar chain topology.     

Dielectric properties of films of Ag-ED20 epoxy nanocomposite synthesized in situ. Temperature dependence of direct current conductivity

The influence of silver myristate used as a precursor of silver nanoparticles on the direct current conductivity σ _dc of epoxy polymer within the concentration range of ≤0.8 wt % was investigated. The value of direct current conductivity was determined on the basis of analysis of the frequency dependence of complex permittivity within the frequency range of 10^?2–10⁵ Hz. The temperature dependence of σ _dc is composed of two regions. The dependence corresponds to the Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann empirical law σ _dc = σ _dc0exp{?DT ₀/(T-T ₀)} (where T ₀ is the Vogel temperature and D is the strength parameter) at temperatures higher than the glass transition temperature T _g. At the same time, T ₀ does not depend on the concentration of nanoparticles. The Arrhenius temperature dependence characterized by activation energy about 1.2 eV is observed at temperatures lower than T _g. The observed shape of the temperature dependence is related to the change in the mechanism of conductivity after “freezing” of ionic mobility at temperatures lower than T _g. The value of σ _dc is increased as the concentration of nanoparticles is raised within the temperature range of T > T _g. The obtained dependence of σ _dc on silver myristate concentration is similar to the root one, indicating the absence of percolation within the studied range of concentrations.