Ternäre Chloride in den Systemen ACl/DyCl3 (A = Cs,Rb, K)

Ternary Chlorides in the Systems ACl/DyCl₃ (A = Cs, Rb, K) The phase diagrams of the pseudobinary systems ACl/DyCl₃ (A = Cs, Rb, K) were investigated by DTA. With all alkali metals compounds A₃DyCl₆ (elpasolite family) and Ady₂Cl₇ are formed. Compounds A₂DyCl₅ exist only with Cs (Cs₂DyCl₅-type) and K (K₂PrCl₅-type). By solution calorimetry the formation enthalpies of the ternary chlorides from (nACl + DyCl₃) were measured and ‘synproportionation enthalpies’ for the formation from the compounds, adjacent in the phase diagrams, calculated. K₃DyCl₆ is the only compound, which is formed with a loss in lattice enthalpy. E.m.f. measurements in dependence on the temperature have revealed that, as for the other compounds A₃DyCl₆, a remarkable gain in entropy exists, which stabilizes K₃DyCl₆ at T ≧ 312 K. This entropy gain correlates with the existence of isolated DyCl₆^3? octahedra.