Kinetic and thermodynamic studies of MgHPO4 · 3H2O by non-isothermal decomposition data

Abstract

Abstract The thermal decomposition of magnesium hydrogen phosphate trihydrate MgHPO4 · 3H2O was investigated in air atmosphere using TG-DTG-DTA. MgHPO4 · 3H2O decomposes in a single step and its final decomposition product (Mg2P2O7) was obtained. The activation energies of the decomposition step of MgHPO4 · 3H2O were calculated through the isoconversional methods of the Ozawa, Kissinger–Akahira–Sunose (KAS) and Iterative equation, and the possible conversion function has been estimated through the Coats and Redfern integral equation. The activation energies calculated for the decomposition reaction by different techniques and methods were found to be consistent. The better kinetic model of the decomposition reaction for MgHPO4 · 3H2O is the F 1/3 model as a simple n-order reaction of “chemical process or mechanism no-invoking equation”. The thermodynamic functions (ΔH*, ΔG* and ΔS*) of the decomposition reaction are calculated by the activated complex theory and indicate that the process is non-spontaneo...