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Reduction of ammonium molybdate, (NH4)(6)Mo7O24. 4H(2)O, with hydroxylamine
hydrochloride, NH2OH . HCl, at ambient temperature in aqueous solutions re
sults in amorphous MoO . nH(2)O oxide. Subsequent heat treatment of this ox
ide yields Mo1-deltaO2 or a hydrogen molybdenum bronze, HxMoO3 (x congruent
to 1), both crystalline in nature. The samples have been characterized by
X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, scanning and transmis
sion electron microscopies, thermogravimetric analysis, infrared spectrosco
py, and galvanostatic electrochemical characterization. (C) 1999 Academic P
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