THE DISSOLUTION OF EUROPIUM AND YTTERBIUM IN ALCOHOLS

Authors
CARRETAS JM BRANCO J MARCALO J WAERENBORGH JC MARQUES N DEMATOS AP
Citation
Jm. Carretas et al., THE DISSOLUTION OF EUROPIUM AND YTTERBIUM IN ALCOHOLS, Journal of alloys and compounds, 277, 1998, pp. 841-843
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical","Metallurgy & Metallurigical Engineering","Material Science
Journal title
Journal of alloys and compounds → ACNP
ISSN journal
09258388
Volume
277
Year of publication
1998
Pages
841 - 843
Database
ISI
SICI code
0925-8388(1998)277:<841:TDOEAY>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Direct 'dissolution' of metallic europium and ytterbium in alcohols, w ithout the use of a catalyst, was studied. In this work we report the reactions with methanol, ethanol and isopropanol. The Mossbauer spectr a of the europium compounds indicated that the element in the obtained products is in the oxidation state II, whereas for the ytterbium comp ounds the oxidation sate of the element is III. Some of the compounds were also prepared by the metal vapour synthesis technique for compari son. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A.