BARC/PUB/2002/0364

 
 

Thermodynamic Studies on NdFeO3(s)

 
     
 
Author(s)

Parida, S. C.; Dash, S.; Singh, Z.; Prasad, R.; Jacob, K. T.; Venugopal, V.
(FCD)

Source

Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2002. Vol. 164: pp. 34-41

ABSTRACT

The enthalpy increments and the standard molar Gibbs energy of formation of NdFeO3(s) have been measured using a high-temperature Calvet microcalorimeter and a solid oxide galvanic cell, respectively. A λ-type transition, related to magnetic order- disorder transformation (antiferromagnetic to paramagnetic), is apparent from the heat capacity data at & 687 K. Enthalpy increments, except in the vicinity of transition, can be represent-ed by a polynomial expression{H=(T)-H=(298.15 K)}/J'mol-1(±0.7%)=- 53625.6+146.0(T/K)+1.150×104(T/K)2+3.007×106(T/K)-1; (298.15≤/K1000). The heat capa-city, the5rst di4erential of{ H=(T)H=(298.15 K)} with respectto temperature,is given byCmp, /J.'K-1'mol-1=146.0+2.30×10-4(T/K)-3.007× 106(T/K)-2.Thereversibleemf :softhe cell , (-) Pt/NdFeO3(s)Nd2O3(s)Fe(s)]//YDT/CSZ{Fe(s)9FeO:(s)}/Pt(+), were measured in the temperaturerange from 1004 to 1208K. It can be represented within experi-mental error by a linear equation E/V (0.1418±0.0003)-(3.890±0.023)×10-5(T/K)-2. The Gibbs energy of formation of solid NdFeO3 calculated by the least-squares re-gression analysis of the data obtained in the present study, and data for Fe 0.95 O and Nd2O3 from the literature, is given by ΔG=(NdFeO3,s)/kJ'mol-1(±2.0) =- 1345.9+ 0.2542(T/K);(1000 ≤ T/K≤41650). The error in ΔG=(NdFeO3,s,T ) in-cludes the standard deviation in emf and the uncertainty in the data taken from the literature. Values of ΔH=(NdFeO3,s,298.15 K) and S=(NdFeO3, s, 298.15 K) calculated by the sec-ond law method are1362.5 (±6) kJ'mol-1and 123.9 (±2.5)J'K-1'mol-1, respectively. Based on the hermodynamic in-formation, an oxygen potential diagram for the system Nd+Fe+O was developed at 1350 K.

 
 
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