Journal article
Rapid solid state metathesis reactions for the synthesis of copper oxide and other metal oxides
Materials research bulletin, Vol.28(9), pp.893-900
1993
DOI: 10.1016/0025-5408(93)90035-C
Abstract
Solid state metathesis (exchange) reactions are investigated as a synthetic route to simple metal oxides. These self-propagating exothermic reactions occur between metal halides and alkali metal oxides, and can be easily initiated with a hot filament. CuF
2 and Na
2O
2 for instance, react in seconds to produce copper(II) oxide and sodium fluoride. Highly crystalline, high purity CuO can be isolated by simply washing away the salt byproduct with an appropriate solvent. Other halides (CuCl
2, CuCl, and K
3CuF
6) or oxides (KO
2 and Na
2O) react to form CuO or a mixture of CuO and Cu
2O. Several metal halide - sodium peroxide combinations are found to be effective for the synthesis of simple oxides including Cr
2O
3, Fe
2O
3, and ZnO.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Rapid solid state metathesis reactions for the synthesis of copper oxide and other metal oxides
- Creators
- John B Wiley - Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148 USAEdward G GillanRichard B Kaner
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Materials research bulletin, Vol.28(9), pp.893-900
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/0025-5408(93)90035-C
- ISSN
- 0025-5408
- eISSN
- 1873-4227
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1993
- Academic Unit
- Chemistry
- Record Identifier
- 9984001180902771
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