Thermal Behavior of Alkaline Lead Acetate, a Study of Thermogravimetry and Differential Scanning Calorimetry

The compound, alkaline lead acetate, pb(ch3cookpbo'h20 (ala), was purchased from thefluka company. the x-ray diffraction film and sem electron microgaph of this compoundwere obtained and reported in this paper for the first time. the thermal behavior of alkalinelead acetate (ala) was studied using thermogravimetery (tga) and differential scanningcalorimetery (dsc) techniques under an o2 gas atmosphere from 25 to 600°c. four distinctenergy changes associated with weight changes were observed, all of them being exothermic inthe dsc results. the amount of (delta)h for each peak is reported.