The concentration and temperature regions of the Pb5MoO8 compound are
determined in the PbO-MoO3 phase diagram. The Pb5MoO8 is an incongruen
tly melting compound with the temperature of decomposition 763 degrees
C. The concentration and temperature regions are situated between 14
and 15.6 mol% of MoO3, and 744 and 763 degrees C, respectively. This p
art of the phase diagram is investigated by the slow cooling method of
high temperature solutions and the temperatures of crystallization of
the Pb2MoO5 and Pb5MoO8 phases are determined. The Pb5MoO8 single cry
stals are obtained by spontaneous crystallization for the first time.
The possibility for growth of Pb5MoO8 single crystals in the PbO-MoO3
system is discussed.