Beiträge zum thermischen Verhalten von Oxoniobaten der Übergangsmetalle. V. Zum Chemischen Transport von NiNb2O6 mit Cl2 und NH4Cl. Experimente und Modellrechnungen

Contributions on the Thermal Behaviour of Oxoniobates of the Transition Metals. V. Chemical Vapour Transport of NiNb₂O₆ with Cl₂ or NH₄Cl. Experiments and Calculations Well shaped crystals of NiNb₂O₆ were obtained by CVT using Cl₂ (added as PtCl₂) or NH₄Cl as transport agents (1020°C → 960°C). As a result of thermodynamic calculations the migration of NiNb₂O₆ in the temperature gradient in the presence of Cl₂ can be expressed by the heterogenous endothermic equilibrium (1). Assuming Δ_BH(NiNb₂O_{6, s}) = ?524.4 kcal/mol a satisfying agreement between thermodynamical calculation and experimental results can be reached. NH₄Cl is less suitable as transport agent, because Ni²⁺ is partly reduced to the metal by NH₃. The additionally H₂O produced by this reduction leads to a less favourable equilibrium position of (2) and to low deposition rates. .