Kinetics and mechanism of the transformation in antimony trioxide from orthorhombic valentinite to cubic senarmontite

Gopalakrishnan, PS and Manohar, H (1975) Kinetics and mechanism of the transformation in antimony trioxide from orthorhombic valentinite to cubic senarmontite. In: Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 15 (1). pp. 61-67.

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Abstract

The kinetics of the polymorphic transformation in antimony trioxide from metastable orthorhombic valentinite to cubic senarmontite has been studied in polycrystalline material between 490 and 530°C. Quantitative analysis of the mixtures was done using infrared spectrophotometry. The kinetic data was analyzed and the activation energy for the process was obtained: (i) On the basis of Avrami's equation, which is derived on the basis of a nucleation and growth mechanism; and (ii) from the time required for a constant fraction of the transformation to take place. The values obtained were 50.8 and 46.0 kcal/mole. Observations have also been made on partly transformed single crystals of valentinite using a polarizing microscope. The latter studies and the value of the activation energy suggest that a better understanding of the transformation could be obtained on the basis of a vapor phase mechanism.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Date Deposited:	23 Jan 2010 04:39
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:48
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/23923

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