{"title":"A Novel Method for the Synthesis of Rare Earth Carbonates","authors":"M. Refat","doi":"10.1081/SIM-200026601","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The rare earth carbonates, M2(CO3)3 · xH2O, of Pr(III), Nd(III), Eu(III), Gd(III), Tb(III), Dy(III), Ho(III), Er(III), Tm(III), and Yb(III) have been synthesized by a novel synthetic method involving the reaction of aqueous solutions of the lanthanide(III) chloride with urea at ∼90 °C. A study of the infrared (IR) absorption spectra (400–4000 cm−1) of the formed products clearly indicates the absence of bands due to urea and shows the characteristic bands of carbonate ion. A general mechanism describing the formation of lanthanide(III) carbonates, M2(CO3)3 · xH2O, is suggested.","PeriodicalId":22160,"journal":{"name":"Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic and Metal-organic Chemistry","volume":"9 1","pages":"1605 - 1613"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2004-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"15","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic and Metal-organic Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1081/SIM-200026601","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract The rare earth carbonates, M2(CO3)3 · xH2O, of Pr(III), Nd(III), Eu(III), Gd(III), Tb(III), Dy(III), Ho(III), Er(III), Tm(III), and Yb(III) have been synthesized by a novel synthetic method involving the reaction of aqueous solutions of the lanthanide(III) chloride with urea at ∼90 °C. A study of the infrared (IR) absorption spectra (400–4000 cm−1) of the formed products clearly indicates the absence of bands due to urea and shows the characteristic bands of carbonate ion. A general mechanism describing the formation of lanthanide(III) carbonates, M2(CO3)3 · xH2O, is suggested.