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Enthalpic Analysis of Potassium Heptafluorotantalate

I. Nerád, E. Mikšíková, and V. Daněk

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK-845 36 Bratislava

Received: 13 June 2002

Abstract: The relative enthalpies of two crystalline samples K₂TaF₇ A, K₂TaF₇ B and of K₂TaF₇ melt have been measured by the use of the drop calorimetry in the temperature intervals 600—752°C, 615—750°C, and 758—880◦C, respectively. The heat capacities have been determined differentiating the temperature dependences of the relative enthalpies: C_p(K₂TaF₇ cr, A) = (314 ± 6) J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹, C_p(K₂TaF₇ cr, B) = (356 ± 7) J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹, and Cp(K₂TaF₇ melt) = (315 ± 9) J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹. Considerable prefreezing was observed in the temperature dependence of the relative enthalpy of the melt. The onset of the prefreezing effect at cooling of the melt was estimated to be at about 820°C. The depression of the freezing temperature reached down to the temperature of crystallization of 755°C. The calorimetric experiments have shown the temperature of fusion to be 752°C < t_fus < 758°C. The enthalpies of fusion at the temperature of 755°C, Δ_fusH(K₂TaF₇ A, 755°C) = (37.2 ± 0.7) kJ mol⁻¹ and Δ_fusH(K₂TaF₇ B, 755°C) = (34.6 ± 1.0) kJ mol⁻¹, inclusive enthalpy of prefreezing, have been determined from experimental data.

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Chemical Papers 57 (2) 73–77 (2003)