Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, volume 17, issue 32, pages 20495-20501
An in situ high-temperature scanning electron microscopy study of acanthite–argentite phase transformation in nanocrystalline silver sulfide powder
Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2015-07-24
Journal:
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
scimago Q2
SJR: 0.721
CiteScore: 5.5
Impact factor: 2.9
ISSN: 14639076, 14639084
PubMed ID:
26206668
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
General Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
For the first time, the α-Ag2S (acanthite)-β-Ag2S (argentite) phase transformation in nanocrystalline and coarse-crystalline powders of silver sulfide has been observed in situ by the scanning electron microscopy method in real-time. The argentite crystals are formed on the surface of acanthite particles as a result of electron-beam heating. According to the differential thermal analysis data, the transformation occurs at a temperature of ∼449-450 K, and the enthalpy of transformation is equal to ∼3.7-3.9 kJ mol(-1). The presence of α-Ag2S (acanthite)-β-Ag2S (argentite) phase transformation is confirmed in situ by high-temperature X-ray diffraction data.
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