Thermochemical properties of two mixed alkali-alkaline earth metal borates as non-linear optical materials: NaSrBO3 and KSr4B3O9

Two mixed alkali-alkaline earth metal borates of NaSrBO3 and KSr4B3O9 have been synthesized by high-temperature solid state reaction, which were further characterized by XRD, FT-IR, DTA-TG techniques and chemical analysis. The molar enthalpies of solution of NaSrBO3(s) and KSr4B3O9(s) in 2.00 cm3 of 1 mol · dm−3 HCl(aq), at T = 298.15 K were measured to be −(206.84 ± 0.43) kJ · mol−1 and −(494.59 ± 0.53) kJ · mol−1, respectively. The molar enthalpy of solution of NaCl(s) in 2.00 cm3 of {1 mol · dm−3 HCl + H3BO3 + Sr(OH)2 · 8H2O}(aq) mixed solvent at T = 298.15 K was measured to be (5.17 ± 0.02) kJ · mol−1. From these data and with the incorporation of the previously determined enthalpies of solution of H3BO3(s) in HCl(aq) of Sr(OH)2 · 8H2O(s) in (HCl + H3BO3)(aq), and of KCl(s) in {HCl + H3BO3 + Sr(OH)2 · 8H2O}(aq), together with the use of the molar enthalpies of formation for NaCl(s)/KCl(s), Sr(OH)2 · 8H2O(s), H3BO3(s), HCl(aq) and H2O(l), the standard molar enthalpies of formation of NaSrBO3(s) and KSr4B3O9 were calculated to be −(1653.1 ± 1.4) kJ · mol−1 and −(5071.1 ± 3.4) kJ · mol−1 on the basis of the designed thermochemical cycles, respectively.