Thermal decomposition of some metal sulphates

Abstract The thermal decomposition temperatures of some metal sulphates (iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, zinc and lead sulphates) have been investigated by TG and DTA. The mechanism of decomposition of these sulphates is discussed, making use of additional information obtained from isothermal studies and X-ray diffraction measurements. The activation energies of these reactions were calculated and found to increase, with almost the same increments, in the order Zn