Chemistry Letters, Vol.31, No.7, 664-665, 2002
Observation of a new Co-F compound detected by very-high-energy X-ray diffraction during thermal decomposition of CoF3
In situ diffraction studies of structural transformations occurring during thermal decomposition of a cobalt fluoride-CoF3-were performed using a very-high-energy (89 keV) synchrotron radiation. The real-time evolution of the crystal lattice was followed as a function of temperature. A new compound appearing as intermediate in the course of the decomposition from CoF3 to CoF2 was discovered.