IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Dysprosium formate with Holmium formate and Water

Components:
   (1) Dysprosium formate; Dy(CHO2)3; [3252-58-2]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Holmium formate; Ho(CHO2)3; [3252-59-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (3) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Plyushchev, V.E.; Shklover, P.P.; Shkolnikova, L.M.; Kuznetsova, C.P.; Nadezhdina, G.V., Dokl. Acad. Nauk SSSR 160, 366-9 (1965).

Variables:
   Temperature = range of 25 ºC to 50 ºC

Prepared By:
   Chr. Balarew and St. Trendafilova

Experimental Remarks:

   Authors' Comment: The solubility is expressed as % oxide because, at 50°C, hydrolysis possibly occurs. Analysis of crystal phases dried at room temperature shows a composition Me(CHO2)3·n H2O where n = 0-0.5 for the formates from La to Ho. However the presence of water could not be confirmed by IR spectroscopy. For Eu and Gd n = 0.

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
(Please see footnotes following the table(s).)
  
Part 1. Solubility polytherm of the Dy(CHO2)3-H2O system.
t/°CChemical1PhaseMass Fraction w1m1 [mol kg-1]aChemical2Mass Fraction w2am2 [mol kg-1]aSolid Phase(s)b
25Dy2O3Liquid phase4.830.136Dy(CHO2)37.70.280A
40Dy2O3Liquid phase4.910.138Dy(CHO2)37.820.285A
50Dy2O3Liquid phase4.430.124Dy(CHO2)37.060.255A
Part 2. Solubility polytherm of the Ho(CHO2)3-H2O system.
t/°CChemical1PhaseMass Fraction w1m1 [mol kg-1]aChemical2Mass Fraction w2am2 [mol kg-1]aSolid Phase(s)b
25Ho2O3Liquid phase10.390.307Ho(CHO2)316.500.659B
40Ho2O3Liquid phase11.520.345Ho(CHO2)318.290.746B
50Ho2O3Liquid phase8.200.236Ho(CHO2)313.020.499B
Notes:
   a  These values were calculated by the compilers.
   b  The solid phases are: A = Dy(CHO2)3; B = Ho(CHO2)3.

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The isothermal method was used. The mixtures were stirred for one week. Dy3+ and Ho3+ were determined complexometrically. 1 The solid phases were analyzed by DTA and IR spectroscopy.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   The formate salts were prepared by reacting the respective hydroxide with formic acid. The Ho2O3 and Dy2O3 had 0.05-1.5 mass % and 2.3 mass % impurities, respectively. The formic acid has nD20 = 1.3712.

Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: The temperature was controlled to within ±0.1 °C.

References:
   1L. I. Martinenko, Nauchn. Dokl. Vyssh. Shk. Khim. Khim. Tekhnol. N4, 718 (1958).