Revised heat capacity and thermodynamic functions of GdVO4

Abstract

The heat capacity of GdVO4 has been determined by adiabatic calorimetry in the range 5–345 K. The present experimental data and earlier results have been used to evaluate the thermodynamic functions of gadolinium orthovanadate (Cp0(T), S0(T), H0(T) − H0(0), and Φ0(T)) as functions of temperature (5–350 K). Its Gibbs energy of formation is determined to be ΔfG0(GdVO4, 298.15 K) = −1684.5 ± 1.6 kJ/mol.