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Title: Crystal structure of ball-milled mixture of sodium chloride and magnesium chloride-ethanol adduct

Journal Article · · Materials Research Bulletin
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  1. School of Textile and Clothing, Key Laboratory of Science and Technology of Eco-Textile, Ministry of Education, Southern Yangtze University, Wuxi 214122 (China)
  2. Institute of Polymer Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027 (China)

NaCl doped MgCl{sub 2}.nEtOH adducts were prepared by ball-milling MgCl{sub 2}.2.5EtOH with NaCl. Both the ball-milled MgCl{sub 2}.nEtOH/NaCl mixture and pure MgCl{sub 2}.2.5EtOH adducts were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM), thermogravimetry (TG) and differencial scanning calorimetry (DSC). A simple MgCl{sub 2}.nEtOH/NaCl mixture without ball-milling treatment was also studied for comparison. Two kinds of mixed crystals, Na{sub 2}MgCl{sub 4} and NaMgCl{sub 3}, were found to be formed in a ball-milled mixture that contained 16 mol.% NaCl. TG and DSC analysis of the samples also provided indirect evidences supporting the presence of the mixed crystals in the ball-milled mixture. Adding certain amounts of NaCl in MgCl{sub 2}.2.5EtOH adduct, either by co-milling or by simple mixing, greatly increased the thermal stability of the adduct, but thermal decomposition behaviour of the ball-milled mixture was still different from that of a simple mixture.

OSTI ID:
21068195
Journal Information:
Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 43, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2007.03.007; PII: S0025-5408(07)00111-0; Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0025-5408
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English