Simple Route to Lattice Energies in the Presence of Complex Ions

Lattice energies for ionic materials which separate into independent gaseous ions can be calculated bystandard Born-Haber-Fajans thermochemical cycle procedures, based on the energies of formation of those ions. However, if complex ions (such as sulfates) occur in the material, then a sophisticated...

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Main Author: Glasser, Leslie
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Chemical Society 2012
Online Access:http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic301329c
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45317
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description Lattice energies for ionic materials which separate into independent gaseous ions can be calculated bystandard Born-Haber-Fajans thermochemical cycle procedures, based on the energies of formation of those ions. However, if complex ions (such as sulfates) occur in the material, then a sophisticated calculation procedure must be invoked which requires allocation of the total ion charge among the atom components of the complex ion and evaluation of the attractive and repulsive energy terms. If,instead, the total ion charge is allocated to the central atom of the complex ion (with zero charge on the coordinated atoms), to create a “condensed charge ion” (having zero self-energy), thena straightforward calculation of the electrostatic (Madelung) energy, EM', correlates well with published lattice energies: UPOT/kJ mol-1 = 0.963EM', with a correlation coefficient, R2 = 0.976. EM' is here termed the “condensed charge” electrostatic (Madelung) energy. Thus, using the condensed charge ion model, we observe that a roughly constant proportion (~96%) of the corresponding lattice energy arises from the electrostatic interaction terms. The above equation permits ready evaluation of lattice energies for ionic crystal structures containing complex ions, without the necessity to estimate any of the problematic nonelectrostatic interaction terms.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-453172019-02-19T05:35:17Z Simple Route to Lattice Energies in the Presence of Complex Ions Glasser, Leslie Lattice energies for ionic materials which separate into independent gaseous ions can be calculated bystandard Born-Haber-Fajans thermochemical cycle procedures, based on the energies of formation of those ions. However, if complex ions (such as sulfates) occur in the material, then a sophisticated calculation procedure must be invoked which requires allocation of the total ion charge among the atom components of the complex ion and evaluation of the attractive and repulsive energy terms. If,instead, the total ion charge is allocated to the central atom of the complex ion (with zero charge on the coordinated atoms), to create a “condensed charge ion” (having zero self-energy), thena straightforward calculation of the electrostatic (Madelung) energy, EM', correlates well with published lattice energies: UPOT/kJ mol-1 = 0.963EM', with a correlation coefficient, R2 = 0.976. EM' is here termed the “condensed charge” electrostatic (Madelung) energy. Thus, using the condensed charge ion model, we observe that a roughly constant proportion (~96%) of the corresponding lattice energy arises from the electrostatic interaction terms. The above equation permits ready evaluation of lattice energies for ionic crystal structures containing complex ions, without the necessity to estimate any of the problematic nonelectrostatic interaction terms. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45317 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic301329c American Chemical Society restricted
spellingShingle Glasser, Leslie
Simple Route to Lattice Energies in the Presence of Complex Ions
title Simple Route to Lattice Energies in the Presence of Complex Ions
title_full Simple Route to Lattice Energies in the Presence of Complex Ions
title_fullStr Simple Route to Lattice Energies in the Presence of Complex Ions
title_full_unstemmed Simple Route to Lattice Energies in the Presence of Complex Ions
title_short Simple Route to Lattice Energies in the Presence of Complex Ions
title_sort simple route to lattice energies in the presence of complex ions
url http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic301329c
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45317