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Thermokinetic characterisation of tin(II) chloride

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Thermokinetic behaviour of SnCl2 was investigated using differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry techniques under non-isothermal conditions in air, complemented by electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. According to the results obtained, the oxidation of SnCl2 at the heating rates of 5 and 100 °C min−1 leads to the in situ formation of highly crystalline SnO2 nanostructures in the form of nanoparticles and nanorods, respectively. The oxidation of SnCl2 was found to be a liquid–solid (LS) phase transition at the heating rates equal or lower than 10 °C min−1 and a gas–solid phase transition at the heating rates equal or greater than 20 °C min−1. The activation energy of melting, vaporisation and LS oxidation of SnCl2 was determined to be 198, 93 and 91 kJ mol−1, respectively.

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Kamali, A.R. Thermokinetic characterisation of tin(II) chloride. J Therm Anal Calorim 118, 99–104 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-014-4004-z

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