Abstract
Thermal decomposition of ammonium metavanadate has been investigated by using the quartz spring balance and differential thermal analysis. It showed that the decomposition of ammonium metavanadate is proceeded at two stages which correspond to $180^{\circ}C-220^{\circ}C$ and $310^{\circ}C-330^{\circ}C$ decomposition temperatures, respectively. Evolved ammonia gas in thermal decomposition has been analyzed quantitatively by titration. And the constituents of gases evolved have been evaluated by gas chromatography and omegatron spectrometer. From these results, it was concluded that the gases evolved in the first step decomposition were $NH_3$ and $H_2O$ with 2:1 ratio and the second step decomposition corresponded to the formation of $NH_3$, $H_2O$ and $N_2O$ which was produced in oxidation of $NH_3$ by $V_2O_5$. The decomposition products were identified by means of X-ray diffraction method. The decomposition product in air was V_2O_5 and the product in vacuum $V_3O_7.$ The kinetics of the thermal decomposition was studied, giving the values of the activation energy of 41.4 kcal/mole and 64.4 (kcal/mole) respectively.
Ammonium metavanadate의 熱分解過程을 spring balance와 示差熱分析에 의하여 調査하였다. 分解는 $180^{\circ}C{\sim}220^{\circ}C$와 $310^{\circ}C{\sim}330^{\circ}C$이 두 溫度範圍에서 일어나며 最終生成物은 $V_2O_5(orange yellow)$임을 알았다. 第一段階分解는 $NH_3$와 $H_2O$가 2:1의 比로 放出되는 過程임을 $NH_3$의 定量, omegatron mass spectrometer에 의하여 알았으며, 第二段階의 分解는 $NH_3,\;H_2$)外에 N2도 放出된다는 것을 gas chromatography, omegatron mass spectrometer에 의하여 認知하였다. 分解生成物을 X-ray 回折에 의하여 分析한 結果는 空氣中에서의 分解生成物은 $V_2O_5$의 組成을 가진 것이 生成되었음을 確認하였다. 또한 $NH_4VO_3$ 熱分解에 있어서의 活性化에너지는 各各 41.4 kcal/mole 64.4 kcal/mole의 값을 갖었음을 알았다.