Chapter 3 - Synthesis and Purification at Low Temperatures

Abstract

Synthesis and separation at low temperature have been widely used in generation of novel low-temperature inorganic compounds and materials. This chapter starts with a brief introduction of the techniques and methods for attainment and measurement of low temperature and vacuum, and their application in inorganic synthesis at low or ultralow temperature. This follows detailed descriptions of the synthetic routes and separation of inorganics at low temperatures and/or under cryogenic condition, such as synthesis and purification of volatile inorganic compounds, formation of noble gas compounds under cryogenic conditions, freeze drying synthesis of inorganic materials, inorganic synthesis in liquid ammonia, and cryosynthesis of unusual inorganic compounds.