Thermal properties of solid nickel(II) coordination compounds

Abstract

The paper deals with the chemical and physical factors influencing the stoichiometry of thermal decomposition of solid coordination compounds. Nickel(II) coordination compounds were used as examples: the problem of the relationship between the structure of the initial compound (and of its intermediates) and the stoichiometry of thermal decomposition is discussed; experimental conditions are shown to affect this decomposition, and the conceptions of the apparent and real stoichiometries of thermal decomposition are discussed. The results obtained may have a more general meaning.