Thermally highly stable amorphous zinc phosphate intermediates during the formation of zinc phosphate hydrate.
The mechanisms by which amorphous intermediates transform into crystalline materials are still poorly understood. Here we attempt to illuminate the formation of an amorphous precursor by investigating the crystallization process of zinc phosphate hydrate. This work shows that amorphous zinc phosphate (AZP) nanoparticles precipitate from aqueous solutions prior to the crystalline hopeite phase at low concentrations and in the absence of additives at room temperature. AZP nanoparticles are thermally stable against crystallization even at 400 °C (resulting in a high temperature AZP), but they crystallize rapidly in the presence of water if the reaction is not interrupted. X-ray powder diffract…
Syntheses, crystal structures, and solid state NMR investigations of K4M2P6S25 and K3M2P5S18 (M=Ti, Sn)
Abstract Reaction of K 2 S 5 with P 4 S 10 and Ti at 450 °C results in the formation of K 4 Ti 2 P 6 S 25 , a new titanium thiophosphate, whose crystal structure was solved by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The title compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Fdd2, with the lattice constants a =33.819(7), b =35.508(7), and c =6.251(1) A ( Z =8). The structure contains a layered arrangement of crosslinked quasi-one-dimensional Ti 2 P 6 S 4− 25 chains. The K + ions are situated between the layers. The Ti atoms within the chains are octahedrally coordinated by P 2 S 4− 7 and P 2 S 4− 9 ligands. Reaction of K 2 S with P 4 S 10 , S and Ti at 600 °C results in the formation of K 3 T…