Abstract
The heat capacities of pure, well‐characterized samples of DyF3 and ErF3 were measured by adiabatic calorimetry from 5 to 350 K. The heat capacities C○p, the entropies S°, the enthalpy increments H°(T)−H°(0), and the Planck functions −[G°(T)−H°(0)]/T are presented in tabular form at selected temperatures to 350 K. The values of the last three functions were adjusted for the removal of degeneracies associated with the magnetic ordering of DyF3 and ErF3 below 5 K. Also presented are recommended thermochemical functions at 298.15 K and tables of recommended high‐temperature thermodynamic functions from 400 K to the melting temperatures. The excess heat capacities due to the internal electronic energy levels of Dy+3 in DyF3 and of Er+3 in ErF3 were calculated from calorimetric results. In the case of DyF3, the eight Kramer’s doublets derived from spectroscopic measurements were used to calculate an excess heat capacity which is in good agreement with the calorimetric data.
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