Effect of high-temperature treatment with orthophosphoric acid on the phase composition, elemental composition, microstructure and electrical properties of calcium sulfate hemihydrate
Ivan Nikulin, Tatiana Nikulicheva, Vitaly Vyazmin, Oleg Ivanov, Nikita Anosov, Olga Telpova
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Abstract
Citrogypsum, which is waste product of biochemical production of citric acid, has been applied to prepare bulk samples of calcium sulfate hemihydrate, CaSO4∙0.5H2O. The samples were undergone to high-temperature (95 °C) treatment in 85 wt% aqueous solution of orthophosphoric acid at different treatment times, th (th = 1; 3; 5; 7; 10 and 15 min). Due to interaction between CaSO4∙0.5H2O and H2O from aqueous solution, at first treatment stage, the starting calcium sulfate hemihydrate quickly (at th < 1 min) and completely transforms into calcium sulfate dihydrate, CaSO4∙2H2O. With further increase in th, phase composition of the samples changes from single-phased state with monoclinic CaSO4∙2H2O structure at th = 1min to two-phased state at th > 1 min, in which new phase of calcium sulfate hemihydrate CaSO4∙0.5H2O with pseudo-trigonal structure is gradually forming from phase CaSO4∙2H2O. Formation of two-phased state is related to phase transformation, originated from partial removal of crystallization water molecules from the CaSO4·2H2O structure. During the acid treatment, in the samples content of Ca and S decrease, and content of P increases. These changes in elemental composition are governed by mechanisms of cation exchange (via partial replacement of Ca2+ cation by two H+ ions) and anion exchange (via partial replacement of acid group (SO4)2- by acid residue (HPO4)2-). Electrical properties of the samples were examined by analyzing of room-temperature voltage-current dependencies, recording at 50 Hz. Electrical conductivity of the samples are gradually increasing with increasing th. This effect can be related to appearance of mobile H+ ions in structure of the samples. Highest value of the conductivity is ∼0.058 S∙m−1 for th = 15 min. Increase in the conductivity is accompanied by gradual increase in relaxational current contribution into total electric current. This feature can be originated from formation of acid residues (PO4)3-, which partially replace acid residue (SO4)2- in the CaSO4 structure of the acid treated samples.
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Covering major developments in the field of solid state chemistry and related areas such as ceramics and amorphous materials, the Journal of Solid State Chemistry features studies of chemical, structural, thermodynamic, electronic, magnetic, and optical properties and processes in solids.