The method for preparing anhydrous MgSO
3 from MgS0
3·6H
2O was examined. Thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis of MgSO
3 in an argon stream were carried out. The decomposition products of MgSO
3 at various temperatures were examined in detail by chemical analysis and X-ray diffractometry. The decomposition of MgS
2O
3, formed during the decomposition process of MgSO
3, on heating was also examined.
MgSO
3 decomposes above about 80°C with the evolution of gaseous SO
2. The products obtained in the heating zone were MgO at 80-250°C, MgO, β-MgSO
4, and MgS
2O
3 at 300-500°C, and MgO and β-MgSO
4 at 525-550°C. Sulfur was also obtained outside the heating zone above 400°C. MgS
2O
3 decomposes as early as 300°C to form MgSO
3 and sulfur.
From these results, the thermal decomposition process of MgSO3 can be represented as follows : The decomposition of MgSO
3 proceeds above about 80°C according to the reaction, MgSO
3→MgO+SO
2.Above about 300°C, the reaction, 4MgSO
3→2MgSO
4+MgS
2O
3+MgO, occurs in addition to the above reaction. Subsequently, the decomposition of MgS
2O
3 formed, MgS
2O
3→MgSO
3+S, occurs.
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