Kinetics of oxidation of phi-phase terbium oxide: 7/2Tb/sub 2/O/sub 3+delta/ + (3/4 - 7/4 delta)O/sub 2/. -->. Tb/sub 7/O/sub 12/

Journal Article · Sun Nov 15 04:00:00 EST 1981 · J. Solid State Chem.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-4596(81)90380-7· OSTI ID:5769866

Sugihara, T; Lin, S H; Eyring, L

Kinetic and thermodynamic studies of the terbium oxides between the Tb/sub 2/O/sub 3+delta/ (n = 4) and Tb/sub 7/O/sub 12/ (n = 7) phases of the homolgous series, Tb/sub n/O/sub 2n-2/, have been carried out as a function of oxygen pressure at 708, 740, 772, and 806/sup 0/C. The thermodynamic study shows a reproducible hysteresis loop which depends on the temperature and pressure. The kinetic study was carried out by measuring the weight gain of an oxide sample in an oxygen atmosphere as a function of time. The results are interpreted by a mixed-model mechanism of diffusion and phase boundary reaction control. The relative fit of the data with other models, including the phenomenological model previously found satisfactory for a related reaction, is shown. The kinetics in the final stage are strongly affected by the existence of pseudophase behavior near Tb/sub 7/O/sub 12/. From measurement of the oxygen pressure and temperature dependence of the observed rate constants, the activation energies for the diffusion process and phase boundary reaction process were determined to be -14 and 10 kcal/mole, respectively.

• Research Organization: Arizona State Univ., Tempe
• OSTI ID: 5769866
• Journal Information: J. Solid State Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Solid State Chem.; (United States) Vol. 40:2; ISSN JSSCB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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