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Cover Feature: Understanding Solid‐State Phase‐Formation Processes by Using the High‐Temperature Gas Balance: The Example of Zr 2 PTe 2 (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 21/2019)
Author(s) -
Scholz Tanja,
Schöneich Michael,
Schmidt Peer
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.201900532
Subject(s) - chemistry , cover (algebra) , solid state , ternary operation , solid solution , gas phase , zirconium , tellurium , thermodynamics , phase (matter) , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , computer science , programming language , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering
The Cover Feature shows the course of reaction screening for a rationalized solid‐state synthesis with volatile components. By introducing the high‐temperature gas‐balance, detection of heterogeneous solid–gas equilibria in closed reaction systems becomes possible. In the system Zr/P/Te, a stepwise solid–solid reaction of zirconium and tellurium according to Ostwald's rule of stages is observed while phosphorus sublimes and subsequently condenses to react to the ternary compound Zr 2 PTe 2 . More information can be found in the Full Paper by P. Schmidt et al.