Samarium nitrate

Europium - the atomic number is 63 and the chemical symbol is Eu. The name derives from the continent of Europe . It was separated from the mineral samaria in magnesium-samarium nitrate by the French chemist Eugene-Anatole Demar9ay in 1896. It was also first isolated by Demar ay in 1901. 

The rare earth oxides of lanthanum, samarium and gadolinium were converted into soluble nitrate salts by dissolving them in the minimum amount of concentrated nitric acid. Then two sets were prepared by adding 2.0 ml of aqueous solution of La(N03)3.6H20 [0.2 M] and 0.01 ml of (n-BuO)4Ti to 25 ml of aqueous solution of Cu(N03)2 [1.0 M]. Similarly, two sets were prepared with Co(N03)3. Same procedures were followed for Sm(N03)3 [0.2 M] and Gd(N03)3 [0.2 M], One set of all these solutions were sonicated under ultrasonic bath (Model - Meltronics, 20 kHz, 250 W) for half an hour. The solutions prepared in normal and sonicated conditions were kept in muffle furnace (Model - Deluxe Zenith) first at 100°C for 2 h and then the temperature of the furnace was raised up to 900°C and calcined for 2 h. The solid composites prepared were then cooled to room temperature and treated as catalyst for phenol degradation. 

Ethyl sulfate Flammable liquids Fluorine Formamide Freon 113 Glycerol Oxidizing materials, water Ammonium nitrate, chromic acid, the halogens, hydrogen peroxide, nitric acid Isolate from everything only lead and nickel resist prolonged attack Iodine, pyridine, sulfur trioxide Aluminum, barium, lithium, samarium, NaK alloy, titanium Acetic anhydride, hypochlorites, chromium(VI) oxide, perchlorates, alkali peroxides, sodium hydride... 

The monazite sand is heated with sulfuric acid at about 120 to 170°C. An exothermic reaction ensues raising the temperature to above 200°C. Samarium and other rare earths are converted to their water-soluble sulfates. The residue is extracted with water and the solution is treated with sodium pyrophosphate to precipitate thorium. After removing thorium, the solution is treated with sodium sulfate to precipitate rare earths as their double sulfates, that is, rare earth sulfates-sodium sulfate. The double sulfates are heated with sodium hydroxide to convert them into rare earth hydroxides. The hydroxides are treated with hydrochloric or nitric acid to solubihze all rare earths except cerium. The insoluble cerium(IV) hydroxide is filtered. Lanthanum and other rare earths are then separated by fractional crystallization after converting them to double salts with ammonium or magnesium nitrate. The samarium—europium fraction is converted to acetates and reduced with sodium amalgam to low valence states. The reduced metals are extracted with dilute acid. As mentioned above, this fractional crystallization process is very tedious, time-consuming, and currently rare earths are separated by relatively easier methods based on ion exchange and solvent extraction. 

Samarium sesquioxide may be prepared by two methods (1) thermal decomposition of samarium carbonate, hydroxide, nitrate, oxalate or sulfate ... 

In 1901 Demarcay made an elaborate series of fractionations of samarium magnesium nitrate which resulted in the discovery of a new earth, europia (3, 31, 59). Since he could read a complex spectrum like an open book, he was frequently called upon to pass judgment on supposedly new elements, and was the first to observe the new lines of radium in some barium salts brought by Pierre Curie. 

A number of X-ray crystal determinations have made the principles of lanthanide cryptate structural chemistry fairly clear. In [La(N03)2(2,2,2-cryptate)][La(N03)6] (Figure 8), the La3+ ion is 12-coordinated with two bidentate nitrate ions coordinating in two of the three spaces between the cryptate chains the third space is thus too compressed to be occupied also.508 [Sm(N03)(2,2,2-cryptate)][Sm(N03)5(H20)] shows only one such space occupied511 and the structure of [Eu(C104)2,2,2-cryptate](C104)2MeCN is similar to the samarium cryptate.512,513 Intemuclear distances in these complexes are shown in Table 10. 

Arsenate. — The arsenates of the rare earths crystallize [263] in two structural types, the huttonite and the zircon. The structural change from huttonite (La—Nd) to zircon (Sm—Lu) occurs at samarium. The lattice parameters of EuAsCU are a = 7.167 and c — 6.374 A. The rare earth arsenates can be prepared by reacting the nitrates with (NEU HAsCU, and heating the product to 700° C. 

Eecent work by L. M. Dermis2 and his co-workers has shown that electrolysis may be of considerable value in effecting a complete or partial separation of the oxides of the rare earth metals. Prom a neutral solution of the nitrates of neodymium, praseodymium, lanthanum, and samarium, nearly all the lanthanum is deposited as hydroxide in the last fractions discharged on the cathode. The hydroxides are deposited fractionally in order of their basicity, and the deposition is not dependent upon the... 

Bis (ethylenediamine)copper (II) diiodocuprate(I), 5 16, 17 Bis (ethylenediam ine) copper (II) iodide, formation of, from bis-(ethy lenediamine) copper (II) diiodocuprate(I), 5 18 Bis(ethylenediamine)nickel(II) chloride, 6 198 Bismuth(III) iodide, 4 114 Bismuth magnesium nitrate, 2Bi-(N0,)3-3Mg(N0,), 24H,0, separation of europium from samarium and gadolinium by, 2 57... 

Gadolinite, extraction of, 2 44 Gadolinium, separation of europium from samarium and, as magnesium nitrate double salt, 2 57 separation of samarium from, in acetate solution with sodium amalgam, 5 36... 

Magnesium bismuth nitrate, 3Mg-(N03)2-2Bi(N03)3-24H20, separation of europium from samarium and gadolinium by, 2 57... 

Neodymium, determination of atomic weight of, in neodymium oxalate, 2 61 separation of, from samarium from monazite, as magnesium nitrate double salt, 2 56, 57... 

Samarium (III) nitrate, analysis of anhydrous, 6 41 Selenic acid, crystalline, 3 137 Selenides, precipitation of pure metallic, from solutions of hydrogen selenide, 2 185 Selenium, red and gray, 1 119 Selenium (II) chloride, formation of, by selenium(IV) chloride, 6 127... 

For various types of catalyst there are results of kinetic investigations for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane available (e.g., for a magnesium oxide catalyst doped with samarium oxide, lithium nitrate and ammonium chloride [64] or a V2O5/Y-AI2O3 catalyst [68]). In another study with a Sn.oLai.oNdi.oOx catalyst, investigations were reported of noncatalytic reactions, which were found to be significant at temperatures above 700 °C [69]. 

Rare earth nitrates can be prepared using nitric acid to react with a corresponding oxide, hydroxide, carbonate or metal. These nitrates dissolve easily in polar solvents such as water, alcohols, esters or nitriles. They are unstable to heat as the decomposition temperature for the nitrates of scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, and samarium are 510,480, 780,450, 505, 830, and 750 °C, respectively. 

Figure 9.15 ORTEP plot (upper) and unit-cell packing diagram of the complex [SmFe] [99]. (Reprinted with permission from B. Yan, and Z. Chen, Cyano-bridged aqua(A, A -dimethylacetamide)(cyanoiron)lanthanides from samarium, gadolinium, or holmium nitrate and potassium hexacyanoferrate crystal structures and magnetochemistry, Helvetica Chimica Acta, 2001, 84, 817-829 (Figures 1 and 2). Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Co. KGaA.)...

Yan, B. and Chen, Z. (2001) Cyano-bridged aqua(Ai,Ai-dimethylacetamide)(cyanoiron)lanthanides from samarium, gadolinium, or holmium nitrate and potassium hexacyanoferrate crystal structures and magnetochemistry. Helvetica ChimicaActa, 84, 817—829. 

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