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Cryoscopy of M₂Ti0₃ (M = Li, Na, K) in Molten Alkali Fluorides

M. Makyta and P. Zatko

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, CS-842 36 Bratislava

Abstract: The mechanism of the dissolution of Li₂TiO₃, Na₂TiO₃, and K₂TiO₃ in molten alkali fluorides, NaF and KF, and the ionic structure of created molten mixtures were determined using the cryoscopic method. The composition region of alkali titanates varied from 0 to 3 mole %. It was found that in the given composition region alkali metal titanates electrolytically dissociate according to the scheme M₂TiO₃ ↔ 2 M⁺+TiO₃^2-. The created molten mixture contains alkali metal cations and both fluoride and TiO₃^2- anions.

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Chemical Papers 47 (4) 221–224 (1993)