Compound database for gaseous metal hydroxides and oxyhydroxides

In this study computational methods are used to derive thermochemical data for Sc, Fe, Co, Ni, and Hf hydroxides and oxyhydroxides. As done previously, molecular geometries and vibrational modes were derived with DFT methods; for the enthalpies of formation more computationally intensive coupled cluster methods were necessary. For each species Δ_fH^o(298), S^o(298), and C_p in the form A + BT + CT² + D/T + E/T² with A, B, C, D, and E fitted constants are presented. These are combined with previously reported calculations for Al, Cr, Si, Ta, Al, Zr, Y, Yb, Gd, and Mn to build a compound database for metal hydroxides and oxyhydroxides. Sample calculations for applications where high temperature water vapor is encountered are shown. The majority of the database was generated from ab initio calculations; however, experiments were critical benchmarks for many of the species.