In order to prepare the cobalt phosphate compounds of strong hue as color pigments, the various cobalt phosphate compounds were prepared by immersing Co
3(PO
4)
2·8 H
2O in K
2HPO
4 solution (70°C-96°C, 0.5-2.0 mol/
l), and others by reacting systems in the CoCl
2-K
2HPO
4-H
2O (96°C) or CoCl
2-KOH-H
3PO
34-H
2O (96°C).
The composition and particle properties of the products were investigated by means of chemical analysis, thermal analysis (TG-DTA), X-Ray diffraction, measurement of hue, scanning microscope and paper chromatographic analysis.
The results obtained were summarized as follows ;
1) KCoPO
4 : vivid blue color (excitation purity Pe ; 80-85%, lightness Y ; 10-5%, complementary wavelength λ
c; 573-571 nm). granular crystal (about 2×5 μm, density : 3.16 g/cm
3).
KCoPO
4 580°C h′-KCoPO
42) KCoPO
4·H
2O : light reddish purple color (Pe ; 30-40%, Y : 40-30%, λ
c2 ; 552-550 nm). plate crystal (about 3×5 μm, density : 3.24 g/cm
3).
KCoPO
4·H
2O 225°C→ h-KCoPO
4 425°C→KCoPO
4 580°C h′-KCoPO
43) K
3Co
9 (PO
4)
7·10 H
2O : light purple color (Pe ; 40%, Y ; 27%, A ; 567 nm). needle crystal (about 1×10 μm, density : 3.09 g/cm
3).
K
3Co
9 (PO
4)
7·10H
2O 247°C→Amor. 540°C→K
3Co
9 (PO
4)
7 670°C→h-K
3Co
9 (PO
4)
7 4) Co
3 (PO
4)
2·3.5 H
2O : light violet color (Pe ; 37%, Y ; 28%, λ
c; 570 nm). plate crystal (about 1×3 μm, density : 3.11 g/cm
3).
Co
3 (PO
4)
2·3.5H
2O 310°C→Amor. 595°C→Co
3 (PO
4)
25) Unknown compound : light purplish blue color (Pe ; 45%, Y ; 19%, λ
c; 572 nm). plate crystal (about 2×10 μm, density : 2.90 g/cm
3). chemical composition : K
2O : 7.8%, CoO : 44.3%, P
2O
5 : 40.7%, H
2O : 13.7%
From above results, the compounds and their burned products were expected to be used as color pigments. Especially, KCoPO
4 substituted for ultramarine as a blue pigment (Pe ; 81.9%, Y; 5.4%, λ
c; 572.0 nm) of high grade and KCoPO
4·H
2O substituted for NH
4CoPO
4·H
2O (Pe ; 41.0%, Y ; 31.6%, λ
c; 552.8 nm) in the above compounds. Moreover, KCoPO
4 or KCoPO
4·H
2O having gloss were possible to form under certain limited regions of synthetic conditions.
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