The X‐Ray K Emission Band of Magnesium from Mg(OH)<sub>2</sub> Single Crystals

Freund, Friedemann

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“…The persistence of this very interesting defect structure could be followed by X-ray diffraction methods up to 480 ~ . It has also been characterized by soft X-ray spectroscopy [9] The irregularities in the dehydration kinetics of Mg(OH)2 are probably due to the formation of the defect phase and its subsequent recrystallization to cubic MgO.…”

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Recrystallization effect during the dehydration of magnesium hydroxide

Freund

Martens

Scheikh‐ol‐Eslami

1975

Journal of Thermal Analysis

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The thermal decomposition of finely divided Mg(OH)2 does not occur smoothly. Several maxima of the gas evolution rate are observed, when microgram quantities of Mg(OH)2 are heated under ultrahigh vacuum conditions. This phenomenon is attributed to the formation of an overlayer of partially decomposed hydroxide Mg(OH)2-x Ox,2 [[]x,~ with x--+ 2 ([--] : anion-sized neutral vacancy left by H20 molecules in the hydroxide lattice). This defect layer represents a diffusion barrier for further H20 molecules. When a critical thickness is reached, it spontaneously recrystallizes to cubic MgO exposing fresh Mg(OH)2 surface.The differential thermal analysis of magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)2, in the usual quantities, namely a few milligrams, yields a smooth endothermic reaction just as one would expect for the simple dehydration reaction Mg(OH)2 ~ MgO + + H20. However, we have repeatedly observed [1,2] that the dehydration of microgram quantities of magnesium hydroxide under ultrahigh vacuum conditions, as measured mass-spectroscopically by the gas evolution rate, does not result in a smooth curve. ExperimentalThe samples consisted of very high purity MgO-powder (total cation impurity content <5 ppm) either superficially hydroxylated or bulk hydroxylated and deuteroxylated to Mg(OH)2 and Mg(OD)2 respectively. The diameter of the individual hexagonal platelets was well below 1 pro, and their thickness in the 0.1 pm range.The samples were heated in a fused-silica capillary tube attached to an oil-free, all-glass ultrahigh vacuum system operating at a base pressure of 10 -~~ mbar. In case A a step mode with 25 ~ intervals and 7 min. isothermal heating periods was used [1 ] whilst in case B a linear heating rate of 2~[2] was used. The gas evolution from the sample was monitored by a memory-free, all platinum Omegatron mass spectrometer [3]. In case A the gases evolved were pumped away rapidly through a wide tube of large conductance, whilst in case B pumping was carried out more slowly through a capillary of known conductance for quantitative evaluation.

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