Thermal Decomposition Studies of Layered Metal Hydroxynitrates (Metal: Cu, Zn, Cu/Co, and Zn/Co)

Table 1

Weight of the reagents used to prepare layered metal hydroxynitrates.

Sample	Weight of zinc nitrate		Weight of cobalt nitrate		Weight of copper nitrate		Weight of urea		Volume of water (cm^3)		Temperature (°C)	Duration (h)
	g	moles	g	moles	g	moles	g	moles	g	moles
Cu2(OH)3(NO3)	—	—	—	—	14.942	1.0	2.0	0.033	2.0	0.111	140	2
Cu1.5Co0.5(OH)3(NO3)	—	—	4.5	0.25	11.206	0.75	2.0	0.033	2.0	0.111	140	2
Cu1.34Co0.66(OH)3(NO3)	—	—	5.939	0.333	9.962	0.667	2.0	0.033	2.0	0.111	140	2
Zn5(OH)8(NO3)2(H2O)2)	18.399	1.0	—	—	—	—	2.0	0.033	2.0	0.111	140	2
Zn3.75Co1.25(OH)8(NO3)2(H2O)2	13.8	0.75	4.49	0.25	—	—	2.0	0.033	2.0	0.111	140	2
Zn3.35Co1.65(OH)8(NO3)2(H2O)2	12.25	0.667	6	0.333	—	—	2.0	0.033	2.0	0.111	140	2
Co2(OH)3(NO3)	—	—	17.999	1.0	—	—	2.0	0.033	2.0	0.111	140	2