Phase equilibria in systems of gallium sulfate with lithium or sodium sulfate

Abstract

The phase diagrams of binary systems of gallium sulfate with lithium or sodium sulfate were studied for the first time. The Li₂SO₄–Ga₂(SO₄)₃ system is of the eutectic type. The coordinates of the eutectic are (548°C, 30 mol % Ga₂(SO₄)₃). The region of a solid solution based on the high-temperature modification α-Li₂SO₄ is small. In the Na₂SO₄–Ga₂(SO₄)₃ system, compound Na₃Ga(SO₄)₃ forms, which melts incongruently at 585°C. The coordinates of the eutectic are (538°C, 17 mol % Ga₂(SO₄)₃). The region of a solid solution based on α-Na₂SO₄ reaches 8 ± 1 mol % Ga₂(SO₄)₃. The X-ray powder diffraction pattern of Na₃Ga(SO₄)₃ was indexed in a tetragonal unit cell with the parameters a = 9.451(3) Å and c = 7.097(3) Å; the unit cell parameters for an aluminum-containing analog, Na₃Al(SO₄)₃, are a = 9.424(5) Å and c = 7.053(3) Å.