- Title
- DSC characterisation of chemically reduced electrolytic manganese dioxide
- Creator
- Liu, B.; Thomas, P. S.; Ray, A. S.; Williams, R. P.; Donne, S. W.
- Relation
- Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Vol. 88, Issue 1, p. 177-180
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10973-006-8132-y
- Publisher
- Akademiai Kiado Rt.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2007
- Description
- The thermal decomposition of electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD), in an inert atmosphere, and the effect of chemical reduction on EMD, using 2-propanol under reflux (82°C), was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). This study is an extension of a study investigating the thermal decomposition of EMD and reduced EMD by TG-MS (J. Therm. Anal. Cal., 80 (2005)625)). The DSC characterisation was carried out up to 600°C encompassing the water loss region up to 390°C and the first thermal reduction step. Water removal was observed in two distinct endothermic peaks (which were not deconvolved in the TG-MS) associated with the removal of bound water. For the lower degrees of chemical reduction, thermal reduction resulted in the formation of Mn₂O₃; for higher degrees of chemical reduction, the thermal reduction resulted in Mn₃O₄ at 600°C. In the DSC the thermal reduction of the EMD and chemically reduced specimen was observed to be endothermic. The reduced specimens, however, also showed an exothermic structural reorganisation.
- Subject
- chemical reduction; DSC; electrolytic manganese dioxide
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/33974
- Identifier
- uon:3431
- Identifier
- ISSN:1388-6150
- Language
- eng
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