Pure samples of (NH4)(2)V6O16 were prepared by hydrothermal crystalliz
ation of amorphous ammonium vanadate hydrate in the presence of LiOH s
olution. By changing the conditions of the hydrothermal treatment, cry
stallites differing by one order in size resulted. The ammonium hexava
nadate thus prepared was thermally investigated by simultaneous TG and
DTA, as a function of heating rate under a constant stream of differe
nt gases.