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Thermal decomposition ractions of caledonite and their products

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

D. J. Morgan ,
S. St. J. Warne ,
S. B. Warrington  and
P. H. A. Nancarrow
D. J. Morgan
Affiliation:
British Geological Survey, 64-78 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8NG
S. St. J. Warne
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Newcastle, New South Wales 2308, Australia
S. B. Warrington
Affiliation:
Stanton Redcroft Ltd., Copper Mill Lane, London SW17 0BN
P. H. A. Nancarrow
Affiliation:
British Geological Survey, 64-78 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8NG
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Abstract

The thermal decomposition of caledonite has been examined by simultaneous differential thermal analysis, thermogravimetry and mass spectrometry. Structural H2O and CO2 are liberated endothermically between 300 and 400°C leaving a residue of lead sulphate, oxysulphate, and Cu(I) and Cu(II) oxides. A series of sharp endothermic peaks between 850 and 950°C correspond to phase transition and melting reactions of the PbO-PbSO4 mixture. The sulphate anion breaks down above 880 °C. Mass spectra of the gaseous decomposition products show SO2, SO, and O2, although SO is an artefact arising from ion fragmentation of the SO2 within the mass spectrometer. The residue at 1060 °C is composed predominantly of 2PbO · PbSO4 and Cu(I) and Cu(II) oxides.

Keywords

caledonitedifferential thermal analysisthermogravimetrymass spectrometry
Type
Mineralogy
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 50 , Issue 357 , September 1986 , pp. 521 - 526
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1986

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