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Titanium(IV) oxide phase stability in alkaline sodium phosphate solutions at elevated temperatures

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:10121701

Titanium(IV) oxide is shown to transform to a sodium titanium hydroxphosphate compound in concentrated sodium phosphate solutions at elevated temperatures via TiO{sub 2}(s) + 4Na{sup +} + 2HPO{sub 4}{sup =} {r_reversible} Na{sub 4}T(OH){sub 2}(PO{sub 4}){sub 2}(S). The thermodynamic equilibrium for this reaction was investigated in the system TiO{sub 2}Na{sub 2}O-P{sub 2}O{sub 5}-H{sub 2}O for Na/P atom ratios between 2 and 3. Based on observed reaction threshold values for sodium phosphate concentration and temperature, the respective standard entropy and free energy of formation for Na{sub 4}Ti(OH){sub 2}(PO{sub 4}){sub 2} were calculated to be 823. 1 J/mol-K and -4025.1 kJ/mol at 298 K.

Research Organization:
Knolls Atomic Power Lab., Schenectady, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC12-76SN00052
OSTI ID:
10121701
Report Number(s):
KAPL--4740; ON: DE93006254
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English