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Thermal decomposition of RE(C2H5CO2)3·H2O (RE = Dy, Tb, Gd, Eu and Sm)

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The thermal decomposition of Dy(III), Tb(III), Gd(III), Eu(III), and Sm(III) propionate monohydrates was studied in argon by means of simultaneous differential thermal analysis and thermogravimetry, infrared-spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and optical microscopy. After dehydration, which takes place below 120 °C, all salts decompose into dioxycarbonates with simultaneous release of CO2 and C2H5COC2H5 (3-pentanone) between 250 and 460 °C. However, whereas the anhydrous Dy-, Tb-, and Gd-propionates appear to transform into RE2O2CO3 (rare earth [RE] = Dy, Tb, Gd) in a single step, an intermediate stage involving a RE2O(C2H5CO2)4 composition was evidenced in the case of the Eu- and Sm-propionates. For all compounds, further decomposition of RE2O2CO3 into the corresponding sesquioxides (RE2O3) is accompanied by the release of CO2. The thermal decomposition of Dy- and Tb-propionates occurs entirely in the solid state. In contrast the dehydrated Gd-, Eu-, and Sm-propionates melt at increasingly higher temperatures. Evidence for recrystallization was found in conjunction with the onset of decomposition of these three propionates.

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This study was supported by the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation under Contract number 09-065234.

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Grivel, JC. Thermal decomposition of RE(C2H5CO2)3·H2O (RE = Dy, Tb, Gd, Eu and Sm). J Therm Anal Calorim 115, 1253–1264 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-013-3467-7

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