Decomposition thermique et etude vibrationnelle de NiNa4(P3O9)2·6H2O

We have studied the dehydration and the calcination under atmospheric pressure of cyclotriphosphate tetrahydrate of nickel and sodium, NiNa₄(P₃O₉)₂·6H₂O, between 25 and 700°C by thermal analyses (TG, DTA) infrared spectrometry and X-ray diffraction. This study allows us the identification and the crystallographic characterization of a new phase, NiNa₄(PO₃)6, obtained between 350 and 450°C. NiNa₄(PO₃)₆ crystallizes in the triclinic system, P_–1, with the following unit cell parameters a=6.157(3) Å, b=6.820(6) Å, c=10.918(6) Å, =80.21(5)°, =97.80(9)°, =113.49(3)°, V=409.8 ų, Z=1, M(19)=25 and F(19)=48 (0.0095; 42). The calcination of NiNa₄(PO₃)₆, between 500 and 600°C, leads to a mixture of long-chain polyphosphates NiNa(PO₃)₃ and NaPO₃. The kinetic characteristics of the dehydration of NiNa₄(P₃O₉)₂·6H₂O were determined and discussed. The vibrational spectrum of the title compound, NiNa₄(P₃O₉)2·6H₂O, was interpreted in the domain of the stretching vibrations of the P₃O₉ rings, on the basis of its crystalline structure and in the light of the calculation of the normal IR frequencies of the P₃O₉ ring with D_3h symmetry.

This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.