Terbium(III,IV) oxide

Terbium(III,IV) oxide

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Name = Terbium(III,IV) oxide
ImageFile = Tetraterbium heptaoxide.jpg
ImageName = Terbium(III,IV) oxide
IUPACName = Tetraterbium heptaoxide
OtherNames = Terbium(III,IV) oxide,
Terbium peroxide
Section1 = Chembox Identifiers
CASNo = 12037-01-3

Section2 = Chembox Properties
Formula = Tb4O7
MolarMass = 747.6972 g/mol
Appearance = Dark brown-black
hygroscopic solid.
Density = 7.3 g/cm3, solid.
Solubility = Insoluble.
MeltingPt = Decomposes to Tb2O3
BoilingPt = See above

Section3 = Chembox Structure
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Coordination =
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Section7 = Chembox Hazards
ExternalMSDS =
MainHazards = Oxidising agent.

Section8 = Chembox Related
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OtherCations = Terbium(III) oxide,
Terbium(IV) oxide
OtherCpds = Cerium(IV) oxide,
Praseodymium(III,IV) oxide

Terbium(III,IV) oxide, occasionally called tetraterbium heptaoxide, has the formula Tb4O7, though some texts refer to it as TbO1.75. There is some debate as to whether it is a discrete compound, or simply one phase in an interstitial oxide system. Tb4O7 is one of the main commercial terbium compounds, and the only such product containing at least some Tb(IV) (terbium in the +4 oxidation state), along with the more stable Tb(III). It is produced by heating the metal oxalate, and it is used in the preparation of other terbium compounds. Terbium forms three other major oxides: Tb2O3, TbO2, and Tb6O11.

ynthesis

Tb4O7 is most often produced by ignition of the oxalate at or the sulfate in air.Ref|3 The oxalate (at 1000 °C) is generally preferred, since the sulfate requires a higher temperature, and it produces an almost black product contaminated with Tb6O11 or other oxygen-rich oxides.

Chemical properties

Terbium(III,IV) oxide loses O2 when heated at high temperatures; at more moderate temperatures (ca. 350 °C) it reversibly loses oxygen, as shown by exchange with18O2. This property, also seen in Pr6O11 and V2O5, allows it to work like V2O5 as a redox catalyst in reactions involving oxygen. It was found as early as 1916 that hot Tb4O7 catalyses the reaction of coal gas (CO + H2) with air, leading to incandescence and often the mixture catches fire.Ref|4

Tb4O7 reacts with atomic oxygen to produce TbO2, but a more convenient preparation of TbO2 is by disproportionation of Tb4O7. This is performed by refluxing with an excess of an equal mixture of concentrated acetic acid and hydrochloric acids for 30 minutes.Ref|5

:Tb4O7(s) + 6 HCl(aq) → 2 TbO2(s) + 2 TbCl3(aq) + 3 H2O(l)

Tb4O7 reacts with other hot concentrated acids to produce terbium(III) salts, for example sulfuric acid gives terbium(III) sulfate.

References

#Note|1 "Handbook of Chemistry and Physics", 71st edition, CRC Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1990.
# J. W. Mellor, "A Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry", pp 692-696, Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1967.
#"Gmelin" SE C 1 39, p 397.
# D. W. Bissel, C. James, "J. Am. Chem. Soc" 38, 873 (1916).
# F. T. Edelmann, P. Poremba, in: "Synthetic Methods of Organometallic and Inorganic Chemistry", (W. A. Herrmann, ed.), Vol. 6, Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, 1997. ISBN 3-13-103071-2.


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