Results
Title

The use of the High-Temperature Gas-Balance (HTGB) for thermogravimetric measurements.

Authors

Schmidt, Peer; Schöneich, Michael; Bawohl, Melanie; Nilges, Tom; Weihrich, Richard

Abstract

Several methods are established in thermal analysis to investigate phase formation, phase transition, and decomposition reactions. The analysis of phase equilibria with volatile components is particularly feasible by using standard method of thermogravimetry. Hardly any investigations of phase formation reactions are possible to realize if one of the components is lost by vaporization. By using the 'High-Temperature Gas-Balance' (HTGB), the vapor phase is enclosed in a silica ampoule and thus forms an equilibrium gas phase in permanent contact with the solid phase. The measurement signal Δ m is caused by change of the leverage of the horizontal balance support during evaporation and condensation. The application of the HTGB allows the analysis of solid-gas equilibria in the working range from 0.01 till 15 bar at temperatures up to 1,100 °C. The first comparison of evaporation reactions determined by standard thermogravimetric analyses and by measurements using the HTGB is given for the inorganic systems: P, As, SeO, PtI, and Hg/I.

Subjects

HIGH temperatures; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMAL analysis; PHASE transitions; CHEMICAL decomposition; CHEMICAL reactions; EVAPORATION (Chemistry); COMPARATIVE studies

Publication

Journal of Thermal Analysis & Calorimetry, 2012, Vol 110, Issue 3, p1511

ISSN

1388-6150

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1007/s10973-011-2107-3