THERMOANALYTICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF DEAMINATION OF TRIS(ETHYLENEDIAMINE)COPPER(II) SULFATE

The thermal decomposition of tris(ethylenediamine)copper(II) sulphate has been studied using TG, DTG and DTA. The different stages of decomposition have been identified by these techniques in conjunction independent pyrolysis and X-ray diffraction. The kinetics and mechanism of the first two stages of deamination of the complex were evaluated. The activation parameters for the deamination reaction were computed from the TG and DTA curves using four integral methods. The two stages of deamination follow the mechanism of random nucleation with the formation of one nucleus on each particle (Mampel equation). The thermodynamic parameter namely heat of reaction (DELTA-H) for the two deamination processes was also evaluated.