Thermal Behaviour of Ammonium Oxofluorotitanates(IV)

The thermal behaviour of ammonium oxofluorotitanates (NH₄)₃TiOF₅, (NH₄)₂TiOF₄ and NH₄TiOF₃ was investigated by thermoanalytical, X-ray and IR spectroscopic methods. The first decomposition stages under quasi-isobaric conditions are characterized by the formation of (NH₄)₂TiF₆ and ammonium oxofluorotitanate with the less content of ammonium and fluorine than in the initial compound. The decomposition process is accompanied by the Ti(IV) reducing due to ammonia evolved. The new ammonium oxofluorotitanate of high volatility was isolated and characterized. Ammonium-containing non-stoichiometric titanium oxyfluorides are the final products of thermal decomposition of ammonium oxofluorotitanates.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.