Thermodynamics of EuCl3: Experimental Enthalpy of Fusion and Heat Capacity and Estimation of Thermodynamic Functions up to 1300 K

The heat capacity of solid EuCl3 was measured by differential scanning calorimetry from 300 K up to the melting temperature, and beyond. These results were compared with literature data and fitted by a polynomial temperature dependence. The enthalpy of EuCl3 fusion was measured. Furthermore, by combination of these results with literature data on the entropy at 298.15 Sm 0 (EuCl3, s, 298.15 K) and the standard molar enthalpy of formation of ∆form H0m (EuCl3, s, 298.15 K), the thermodynamic functions have been calculated up to 1300 K.