A thermoanalytical investigation of the thermodynamic properties of tin telluride

Abstract

The heats of formation and fusion of SnTe were determined in a differential thermal analysis calorimeter. Its free energy of formation was calculated by the analyses due to Wagner and Jordan using this heat of fusion and liquidus data. The experimentally determined value of the heat of formation and the calculated free energy of formation were combined to obtain the entropy of formation. The thermodynamic properties were interpreted in terms of the structure and bonding of the compound. © 1975 Wiley Heyden Ltd., Chichester and Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.