Published December 1982 | Version v1
Journal article

Fusion temperatures of rare earth metal trihalides

Creators

  • 1. Dar es Salaam Univ., Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). Dept. of Chemistry

Description

The fusion temperatures (Tsub(f)) of rare earth metal trihalides LnX3 (Ln=La-Lu,Y; X=Cl,Br,I) typically decrease to a minimum, before taking on an upward trend as the ionic radius of Ln3+ decreases. This trend is associated with the variations in the energetic stability of the coordination polyhedron around Ln3+. A good correlation is obtained between the variations in the energetic stability of the crystal structure of LnX3 and Tsub(f). (author)

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Augmented title (English)
La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Y, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu trichlorides, tribromides and triiodides

Publishing Information

Journal Title
J. Therm. Anal.
Journal Volume
25
Journal Issue
2
Series
J. Therm. Anal.
Journal Page Range
525-529
ISSN
0022-5215

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