The enthalpies of reaction of Mg(CH
3COO)
2(c, α), Mg(CH
3COO)
2(amorph) and Mg(CH
3COO)
2·4H
2O(c) with 1mol dm
-3 HCl were measured by an LKB-8700 reaction calorimeter. The following standard enthalpies of formation at 298.15K were determined:
Δ
H°
f(Mg(CH
3COO)
2, (c, α)=-(1367.70±0.60),
Δ
H°
f(Mg(CH
3COO)
2, amorph)=-(1359.77±0.63),
Δ
H°
f(Mg(CH
3COO)
2·4H
2O, c)=-(2566.13±0.63)kJ mol
-1The enthalpy changes for the following processes have been calculated:
Mg(CH
3COO)
2(c)+4H
2O(g)→Mg(CH
3COO)
2·4H
2O(c)
Δ
Hhyd=-(238.4±0.2)kJ mol
-1,
Mg(CH
3COO)
2(amorph)→Mg(CH
3COO)
2(c)
Δ
Hcryst=-(7.93±0.16)kJ mol
-1.
Homolytic and heterolytic lattice enthalpy of Mg(CH
3COO)
2 (c) were calculated to be 1148 and 2685kJ mol
-1, respectively.
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