Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 February 2011
Structural analogies have been demonstrated between the β-cristobalite, α-quartz and moganite phases of PON and its isoelectronic analog SiO2. Whereas the energetics of silica are well established, no data exist for the energetics of formation of nitridophosphates. High temperature solution calorimetry was used to determine the energetics of PON samples and a series of “LiNaPON oxynitride” glasses. Enthalpies of formation were measured as -371.71 ± 4.45 kJ/mol and -356.14 ± 3.98 for β-cristobalite and amorphous PON respectively and as -961.88 ± 3.86 kJ/mol for a 9 wt% nitrogen containing LiNaPON glass. These values constitute the first set of energetics data necessary to achieve further thermodynamic studies on nitridophosphates.