Thermal degradation behaviour of some polydithiooxamide metal complexes

The thermal decomposition behavior of the Fe(II), Co(II), Ni(II) and Zn(II) complexes of polydithiooxamide has been investigated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) at a heating rate of 20°C min-1 under nitrogen. The Coats-Redfern integral method is used to evaluate the kinetic parameters for the successive steps in the decomposition sequence observed in the TGA curves. The processes of thermal decomposition taking place in the four complexes are studied comparatively as the TGA curves indicate the difference in the thermal decomposition behavior of these complexes. The thermal stabilities of these complexes are discussed in terms of repulsion among electron pairs in the valence shell of the central ion and electronegativity effects.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Al-Maydama,H., El-Shekeil,A., Khalid,M. A., Al-Karbouly,A.
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Editora da Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - UNESP 2006
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-46702006000100006
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