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Pyrolysis mechanism of trisbipyridineiron(II) chloride to iron nanoparticles

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Pyrolysis of trisbipyridineiron(II) chloride under controlled thermal conditions and inert atmosphere of argon gas yields a residue of iron nanoparticles. Evolved gas analysis by GC–MS and 1H NMR revealed emission of bipyridine, 6-chlorobipyridine, 6,6′-dichlorbipyridine, bipyridine hydrochloride, and hydrochloric acid as decomposition products. CHN, XRPD, EDXRF, TEM, AFM, and 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy of the residue indicated formation of pure iron nanoparticles in the size range of 50–72 nm. Based on these results a mechanism for thermal degradation of trisbipyridineiron(II) chloride has been worked out.

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RN and MM acknowledge the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan for financial support through indigenous scholarship scheme for Ph.D. studies in science and technology (300 Sch.), HEC project no. 1-308/ILPUFU/HEC/2009- and HIR/UMRG grant no.UM.C/625/1/1/6 and RG097110AET of University of Malaya.

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    Rabia Nazir & Tehmina Wakeel

  2. Applied Chemistry Research Centre, Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Laboratories Complex, Lahore, 54600, Pakistan

    Rabia Nazir

  3. Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Muhammad Mazhar

  4. Physics Division, PINSTECH, P.O. Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad J. Akhtar, Muhammad Siddique & Muhammad Nadeem

  5. Material Science Laboratory, Department of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan

    Nawazish A. Khan

  6. HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan

    Muhammad R. Shah

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Nazir, R., Mazhar, M., Wakeel, T. et al. Pyrolysis mechanism of trisbipyridineiron(II) chloride to iron nanoparticles. J Therm Anal Calorim 110, 707–713 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-011-1919-5

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