Interesting Decomposition Behavior of Metal Acetates

FT-IR is an important tool for tracking the thermal decomposition profile of metal acetates. Using FT-IR, scientists established three molecular transformations that are generally associated with

• dehydration at 80-130C,

• formation of carbonate (or oxalate?) at 105-230C, and

• final residue formation (metal, oxide) at 100–440C.

Different metals show different molecular speciation as follows: