Research Article

Heat Capacity and Thermodynamic Properties of Cesium Pentaborate Tetrahydrate

Table 1

Reagents used in the study.

ChemicalsCAS reg. no.Initial mass fraction purityPurification methodFinal mass fraction purityAnalysis method

H3BO3a10043-35-30.9999Without purification0.9999Gravimetric method for boron
CsCO3b534-17-80.9990Without purification0.9990Gravimetric method for carbonate
β-CsB5O8·4H2Oc0.9900Recrystallization0.9950Gravimetric method for boron

aFrom the Shanghai Macklin Biochemical Co. Ltd. bFrom the Aladdin Industrial Co. Ltd. cSynthesized in our laboratory.