Is. Bezverkhy et al., MOSSBAUER INVESTIGATION OF THE REACTION BETWEEN HCL AND TIN DOPANT IONS LOCATED ON THE SURFACE OF CR2O3 MICROCRYSTALS, Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry, 232(1-2), 1998, pp. 241-243
The chemical behavior of surface-located tin dopant ions depends stron
gly on their valence state. At room temperature all Sn(II) ions readil
y react with gaseous hydrogen chloride while, under similar conditions
, the predominant part of Sn(IV) ions is not affected by this gas. The
results of this study, along with those previously obtained for both
valence states of tin dopant exposed to a H2S atmosphere, suggest that
lower reactivity of Sn(IV) ions is essentially due to their higher co
ordination number and concomitant steric hindrance effects.