Vorontsova O.A., Saenko R.N., Lebedeva O.E. Scandium-Containing Layered Hydroxides

Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2007, Vol. 52, No. 11, P. 1662–1665.A scandium analogue of hydtotalcite and a mixed sample containing both scandium and aluminum have been synthesized and characterized. It is known that both samples have a layered structure; the unit cell parameters of the scandium-containing samples are slightly higher than the respective values of an ordinary aluminum-containing sample. The mixed-metal scandium–aluminum sample easily regains its layered structure after a dehydration/rehydration cycle, while the scandium analogue after this treatment is restored only partially.