Sciencemadness Discussion Board

Rare Earth Oxides

siegfried - 30-12-2013 at 10:38

At what temperatures do Dysprosium Oxalate and Terbium Oxalate convert to their respective Oxides (D2O3 and Tb2O3)?

Brain&Force - 30-12-2013 at 10:46

Terbium oxalate converts to Tb4O7, not Tb2O3. This occurs at 1000ºC.

As for dysprosium oxalate, I have no idea.

blogfast25 - 30-12-2013 at 11:03

Quote: Originally posted by siegfried  
At what temperatures do Dysprosium Oxalate and Terbium Oxalate convert to their respective Oxides (D2O3 and Tb2O3)?



This reference could be interesting for that context:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1964....

bfesser - 30-12-2013 at 11:23

Dysprosium is Dy. D is deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen.