K. Eda, K. Chin, N. Sotani
2005
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Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Abstract
The hydrothermal syntheses of the alkali metal molybdenum bronzes from starting solids (H{sub x}MoO{sub 3}) with structural affinities to the desired products were investigated. Single-phase potassium blue and red bronzes were prepared by the hydrothermal treatments at around 430K, and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, IR spectroscopy, and SEM. The formation processes of these two bronzes during the hydrothermal treatments were found to differ. The blue bronze was formed by a structure-inheriting solid-state route from H{sub x}MoO{sub 3} with x 0.3 through a solution dissolution/deposition route via the formation of MoO{sub 3}+MoO{sub 2}.