THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF ANHYDROUS SILICOTUNGSTIC ACID AND RELATED COMPOUNDS AND THEIR PROBABLE MOLECULAR FORMULAS.
THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF ANHYDROUS SILICOTUNGSTIC ACID AND RELATED COMPOUNDS AND THEIR PROBABLE MOLECULAR FORMULAS.
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无水硅钨酸及相关化合物的晶体结构及其可能的分子式。
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G. Clark
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A. Scroggie;G. Clark
Silicotungstic acid crystallizes in a number of forms with different amounts of water of hydration. It occurs as octahedrons with the following composition, 2H20.SiO2.12W03.30H20 and as rhombohedrons, 2H20I.SiO2. 12WO0 .24H20. An isomeric triclinic form with 22 molecules of water of hydration has been described, and also one containing 17 molecules of water of hydration, but the anhydrous acid obtained by heating the hydrated forms to a temperature of 2200, is obtained as a fine powder and its crystal structure has not been satisfactorily determined by optical means. The arrangement of the atoms in the molecule has been the subject of speculation by Rosenheim, Asch and Asch, and others,3 but the evidence offered has not been conclusive in any case. The aim of the present research was to make an x-ray diffraction analysis of the crystal structure of silicotungstic acid and to combine these results with chemical data in an attempt to deduce the correct molecular structure, and to compare these results with previously suggested structures. 1. Investigation of the Structure of the Acid.-A. Chemical Examination. In this part of the work, the classical method of degrading the molecule and isolating and identifying the decomposition products was applied to silicotungstic acid. The acid was decomposed by an excess of KOH which causes the splitting off of molecules of K2WO4. These could be detected since they gave a yellow to white precipitate of W03, in the presence of strong mineral acids. The amount of acid necessary to cause the splitting of the acid molecule was established experimentally as follows: a series of solutions were prepared containing a known amount of acid, and a volume of KOH solution equal to 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or 14 equivalents of alkali was added; after hydrolysis had reached an equi-