Heat capacity and thermodynamic functions of some rare-earth arsenates in the range 298.15-673 K
- Chemicometallurgical Institute, Karaganda (Kazakhstan)
Rare earth arsenates are promising as semiconducting and ferroelectric materials. However, no experimental data on the thermodynamic properties of these material can be found in the literature to date. In this work, we report heat capacity measurements for La,Nd,Gd, and Er arsenates. We synthesized LaAsO{sub 4}, NdAsO{sub 4}, GdAsO{sub 4}, and ErAsO{sub 4} by solid-state reactions between stoichiometric amounts of As{sup 2}O{sub 5} and extra-pure-grade La{sub 2}O{sub 3}, Nd{sub 2}O{sub 3}, Gd{sub 2}O{sub 3}, or Er{sub 2}O{sub 3} in evacuated (0.13 Pa) quartz ampules. The heat capacity at constant pressure was measured within the temperature range 298.15-673 K with 25-K steps using a commercial ITS-400 calorimeter. The experimental data were used to calculate coefficients of the equations for heat capacity vs. temperature. The experimental and calculated values of C{sup o}{sub p}(298.15 K) are in agreement. For example, C{sup o}{sub p}(LaAsO{sub 4}, 298.15K)=112.5 J/(molK), as calculated by the Landiya method, which agrees with the corresponding experimental value within {approximately}4.0%
- OSTI ID:
- 135594
- Journal Information:
- Inorganic Materials, Vol. 30, Issue 12; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1994; TN: Translated from Neorganicheskie Materialy; 30: No. 12, 1598-1599(1994)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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