Studies on antimony oxides: Part I

Thermogravimetry (TG), differential thermal analysis (DTA) and X-ray diffraction studies of antimony(III) oxide, (Sb₂O₃), in air, nitrogen and argon atmospheres have been made. In air Sb₂O₃ becomes oxidized to Sb₂O₄ above 510°. The oxidation reaction proceeds in two stages as revealed by the TG and DTA curves. The behaviour of Sb₂O₃ is similar in both N₂ and Ar. Sb₂O₃ remains unaffected up to 430°, above which there is a slow, and continuous mass loss up to 550°. Above 550° Sb₂O₃ volatilizes resulting in an enormous weight loss. X-ray studies of the sublimate and the residue indicate the former to be the cubic form of Sb₂O₃ (Senarmontite) while the residue is the orthorhombic (Valentinite) structure. From the DTA curves in air, N₂ and Ar, the transition temperature for the cubic to the orthorhombic modification has been estimated to be around 610°.     

The compensation effect: A fact or a fiction

In this article, the facts and fictions surrounding the compensation effect is explored. False compensation effect occurs mainly due to: propagation of computational and experimental errors resulting in inaccurate estimates of the Arrhenius parameters; and, the natural compensation between InA andE. Since Arrhenius parameters are sensitive to errors in temperature; the errors due to uncertainty in temperature should be minimized to eliminate false compensation effect. Increasing the experimental temperature range is helpful in minimizing errors due to uncertainty in temperature. A point of concurrence in a plot of Ink and 1/T establishes the occurrence of true compensation effect. True compensation effect has been shown to be a useful tool in chemical research for: identifying the governing reaction mechanism; predicting the effects of various reaction parameters; and, correlating and reducing experimental data.

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Zusammenfassung In dieser Mitteilung werden Fakten und Vorstellungen betreffs des Kompensationseffektes untersucht. Falsche Kompensationseffekte werden hauptsächlich verursacht durch: eine ungenaue Ermittlung der Arrheniusparameter durch die Fortpflanzung von rechnerischen und experimentellen Fehlern sowie dem natürlichen Kompensationseffektes zwischen InA undE. Das Arrheniusparameter gegenüber Fehler im Temperaturwert sehr empfindlich sind, sollten Temperaturungenäuigkeitsfehler zur Vermeidung eines falschen Kompensationseffektes minimalisiert werden. Zur Verminderung der aus der Temperaturungenauigkeit resultierenden Fehler ist es von Nutzen, den Temperaturbereich des Experimentes zu erweitern. Ein wahrer Kompensationseffekt wird durch einen Schnittpunkt in einem Ink-1/T Diagramm angezeigt. Es wird gezeigt, daß der wahre Kompensationseffekt ein nutzvolles Mittel in der chemischen Forschung darstellt: zur Feststellung des dominierenden Reaktionsmechanismus, zur Vorhersage der einflüsse verschiedener Reaktionsparameter und zur Aufarbeitung und Schlußfolgerung von bzw. aus experimentellen Daten.

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The author would like to thank the reviewer for his constructive criticisms.     

Extraction and micro-determination of manganese(II) with oxine and aliquat 336

A sensitive and selective method has been developed for the micro-determination of Mn(II) by the selective extraction of the yellow Mn(II)-8-hydroxyquinolinate complex with a liquid ion-exchanger, Aliquat 336, from basic medium. The molar absorptivity of the complex is 2.2 x 10(4)1.mole(-1).cm(-1) at 420 nm and the colour system obeys Beer's law in the range 0.1-3.5 ppm Mn(II) in the final solution. The composition and stability of the complex are discussed. Potential interferents have been examined and the method is applied to analysis of standard steel and bronze samples.     

A study of equilibrium between cadmium cyanide and alkali halides and thiocyanate by solubility measurements

Summary A study of the Cd(CN)₂ +x X^– [Cd(CN)₂X _x ] ^x– equilibrium (where X = Cl, Br or CNS) has been carried out at 18° and 38° by measuring the solubility of cadmium cyanide in potassium chloride, bromide and thiocyanate at various concentrations, and at a high ionic strength (6 M) maintained with sodium perchlorate to minimise the effect of activity coefficients. Equilibrium constants forx = 1 and 2 have been calculated and clearly favour the situation wherex = 1. H values for the dissociation of [Cd(CN)₂X]^– have also been calculated.     

Solvent extraction and photometric determination of a microgram of cerium with N-p-tolyl-p-chlorobenzohydroxamic acid

A spectrophotometric method for determination of a microgram quantity of cerium with N-p-tolyl-p-chlorobenzohydroxamic acid is described. The orange-red-colored complex is extracted from chloroform at pH 9 which absorbs between 460 and 465 nm. Beer's law is obeyed at this wavelength. A clean-cut separation from many commonly occurring metal ions is easily accomplished. The system obeys Beer's law within the range of 0.5–28 ppm of cerium(IV). The molar absorptivity of cerium-N-p-tolyl-p-chlorobenzohydroxamic acid complex is 4.5 × 10³ liters mol^?1 cm^?1.     

Polarographic study of the reaction between cerium(IV) and thiocyanate

Summary Polarographic studies have been made of the reaction between Cerium(IV) and potassium thiocyanate in acidic medium. Ce^IVin the concentration range 2 · 10^–4 M to 5 · 10^–3 M was found to be reduced to Ce^III by thiocyanate ion. One equivalent of thiocyanate reduced 4–6 equivalents of Ce^IV in the concentration range studied.

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Zusammenfassung Die Reaktion zwischen Cer^IV und Kaliumthiocyanat wurde in saurem Medium polarographisch untersucht. Cer^III wurde im Bereich von 2 · 10^–4 m bis 5 · 10^–3 m von Thiocyanat zu Cer^III reduziert. In diesem Konzentrationsbereich entsprachen einem Äquivalent Thiocyanat 4–6 Äquivalente Cer^IV.

     

Stability constants of some bivalent metal complexes of N-phenyl-o-tolylbenzohydroxamic acid

The stability constants of the Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺, Ni²⁺ and Mu²⁺ complexes of N-phenyl-o-methoxybenzohydroxamic acid at 30° in 50% v/v aqueous dioxan are: log K₁ 10·45, 8·16, 7·52, 6·33; log K₂ 8·90, 6·70, 6·01, 5·59 (for the ions in the order given).