Enthalpy changes of combustion (ΔH
c) of nonstoichiometric chromium sulfides; trigonal-Cr
2S
3 (t-Cr
2S
3) and rhombohedral-Cr
2S
3 (r-Cr
2S
3), were measured by using a Tian-Calvet type twin-calorimeter. The enthalpy change of phase transformation from t-Cr
2S
3 to r-Cr
2S
3 (CrS
1.471 to CrS
1.478) was found to be; ΔH
T/kJ·mol
-1=-83.16. In the nonstoichiometric t-Cr
2S
3 phase (CrS
1.402-CrS
1.471), the Δ
Hc value stayed unchanged at about-840kJ·mol
-1 in the compositional range of CrS
1.450-CrS
1.471, while it increased with decreasing sulfur composition (
x in CrS
x) up to c. a. -420kJ·mol
-1 at CrS
1.402, suggesting that the crystal lattice of CrS
x becomes more stable at lower sulfur compositions in the t-Cr
2S
3 phase. The enthalpies of the foration of solid slution (ΔH
ss)in the t-Cr
2S
3 phase were also estimated by assuming CrS
1.478 (sulfurrich end of the t-Cr
2S
3 phase) as the standard state and that the more sulfur deficient compositions than CrS
1.478 were considered to be formed by the dissolution of Cr atoms into CrS
1.478. ΔH
ss was almost zero in the compositional range of CrS
1.450-CrS
1.471, while it increased with decreasing sulfur composition
x in
x < 1.450. It went through a maximum of c. a. 370kJ·mol
-1 at CrS
1.440 and then decreased.
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