Thermal analysis of cobalt(II) salts with some carboxylic acids

The thermal analysis of CoC2O4. 2H(2)O, Co(HCOO)(2). 2H(2)O and Co(CH3COO)( 2). 4H(2)O was carried out with simultaneous TG-DTG-DTA measurements under non-isothermal conditions in air and argon atmospheres. The intermediates a nd the end products of decomposition were characterised by X-ray diffractio n and IR and UV-VIS spectroscopy. The decomposition of the studied compound s occur in several stages. The first stage of dissociation of each compound is dehydration both in air and argon. The next stages differ in air and ar gon. The final product of the decomposition of each compound in air is Co3O 4. In argon it is a mixture of Co and CoO for cobalt(II) oxalate and cobalt (II) formate but CoO for cobalt(II) acetate.