“…They are formed by the calcination of dihydrogenphosphates of bivalent metals or by the calcination of a mixture containing phosphorus and bivalent metal components in the corresponding ratio. − A number of papers have dealt with the use of thermal analysis (TA) under quasi-isothermal, quasi-isobaric conditions to follow the dehydration reactions of some binary metal dihydrogenphosphate hydrates. − So far, however, no report has appeared on the application of kinetic and thermodynamic methods to the investigation of the important condensation products, cyclotetraphosphates. The presence of water molecules of binary dihydrogenphosphate hydrates influences the intermolecular interactions (affecting the internal energy and enthalpy) as well as the crystalline disorder (entropy) and, hence, influences the free energy, thermodynamic activity, solubility, stability, and electrochemical and catalytic activity. − Studies on the thermodynamics, mechanisms, and kinetics of solid-state reactions are a challenging and difficult task with complexity resulting from a great variety of factors with diverse effects such as reconstruction of solid state crystal lattices, formation and growth of new crystallization nuclei, diffusion of gaseous reagents or reaction products, materials heat conductance, and static or dynamic character of the environment, physical state of the reagentsdispersity, layer thickness, specific area and porosity, type, amount, and distribution of the active centers on solid state surface, etc. − The results obtained from such studies can be directly applied in materials science for the preparation of various metals and alloys, cements, ceramics, glasses, enamels, glazes, polymers, and composite materials. − …”