Zinaida I. Semenova

Thermodynamic characteristics of thermal dissociation of platinum tetrachloride

The pressure of thermal dissociation of platinum tetrachloride by the first step PtCl4(s) = PtCl3(s) + 0.5 Cl2(g) was measured by the static method with a quartz membrane-gauge zero-pressure manometer. An approximating equation for the dissociation pressure vs. temperature was found. The enthalpy (52160±880 J mol−1) and entropy (72.1±1.6 J mol−1 K−1) of dissociation were calculated. The heat of formation found for platinum tetrachloride (−246.3±1.3 kJ mol−1) at 298.15 K agrees well with the value obtained by the calorimetric method (−245.6±1.9 kJ mol−1).