文摘
The single-phase La2(CO3)3·3.4H2O with the orthorhombic type was synthesized by hydrothermal method. The results characterized by XRD, FTIR and DTA–TG showed that the thermal decompositions of La2(CO3)3·3.4H2O below 1,273?K experience four steps, which involve a two-stage dehydration and formation of anhydrous La2(CO3)3 at first, and then the formation of La2O2CO3 and La2O3, respectively. An additional intermediate product assigned to La2O(CO3)2 was observed in the third step. Thermal decomposition kinetics of La2(CO3)3 to La2O2CO3 was investigated under nonisothermal conditions. The dependence of the activation energy on the reaction degree was estimated by Ozawa and Friedman isoconversional methods, which confirm that the step is a multistage kinetic process. The reaction mechanism determined by a multivariate nonlinear regression program is a kind of two-stage consecutive reaction (A n-em class="a-plus-plus">A n model), f(α)?=?n(ln(1???em class="a-plus-plus">α (1???/n))(1???em class="a-plus-plus">α)). The first stage: E?=?435?±?9?kJ?mol?, lg A?=?28.7?±?0.8, Dimension1?=?0.28; the second stage: E?=?234?±?4?kJ?mol?, lg A?=?13.5?±?0.3, Dimension2?=?1.22.