Stoichiometric ratio and doping effects on the thermal properties of sodium potassium sulphate crystals |
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Authors: | S Abboudy A E Hamed M E Kassem L I Abou-El-Nasr |
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Institution: | (1) Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt |
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Abstract: | The influence of stoichiometric ratio on the phase transition of sodium potassium sulphate (NaxK1–x)2SO4 crystals is investigated in the temperature range 300–500 K. The stoichiometric ratiox is chosen to bex=0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.8 and 0.9. The study has been carried out by using differential scanning calorimetry, DSC technique. The value of the specific heat,C
p, at the transition temperature,T
c
, increases asx is increased up tox=0.4 and then decreases for higher values ofx. The change in the specific heat, C
p, is following a relation of the form C
p C
p (T–T
c
/T
c
)– with = 0.12 which is in a fair agreement with the 3d Ising model. Insertion of Cu2+ ions into the lattice of (NaxK1–x)2SO4 crystals leads to a multiple peak in the temperature dependence ofC
p. The results are discussed from thermodynamical point of view.We would like to thank Prof. E. F. El-Wahidy, Prof. of Solid State Physics and Head of Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, for his interest and support of this work. |
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Keywords: | stoichiometric ratio doping phase transition |
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