Synthesis and thermal study of dual coordination compound of gadolinium (III) and chromium (III)

Abstract

The paper presents experimental data of thermal studies of coordination compound based on gadolinium nitrate with the DSCmethod; the study was performed in the temperature range from 298 to 1273 C. The thermal analysis has several advantages over the other methods: experimental set up flexibility, fast data receive, automatic data processing, small substance amount. The process of thermal decomposition of the received compound was carried out in both inert and oxidizing environments. During the experiment the temperature was defined, above which heating causes decomposition of the investigated substance and weight loss of the sample.