Glove-box for sulfychloride synthesis

所要求的手套箱将为制备一类有前途的新型磁性材料提供合适和可靠的环境。所研究的材料属于稀土硫氯化物族。稀土离子提供了未来工业应用所需的大磁矩，阴离子排列（硫化物和卤化物阴离子）允许在1、2和3个维度上操纵磁相互作用。由于起始材料的反应性和产物的预期水解，制备此类材料的挑战是在化学惰性气氛中工作。目标稀土硫氯化物只能在干燥无氧的环境下制备。

The requested glove-box will provide a suitable and reliable environment for the preparation of a novel class of promising magnetic materials. The materials under investigation belong to the group of rare-earth sulfychlorides. The rare-earth ions provide large magnetic moments, as required for future industrial applications, the anion arrangement (sulfide and halide anions) permit the  manipulation of magnetic interactions in 1, 2 and 3 dimensions. The challenge for the preparation of such materials is to work in a chemically inert atmosphere, because of the reactivity of the starting materials and the expected hydrolysis of the products. The target rare-earth sulfychlorides can only be prepared in a dry and oxygen-free environment.