This article describes the history of four decades of activities in the Institute of Chemistry of Araraquara, UNESP: the beginning, the evolution of undergraduate and graduate courses and the infra-structure of teaching and research.
Solid state Ln-CP compounds, where Ln represents trivalent lanthanides (except for promethium) and yttrium, and CP is cinnamylidenepyruvate, were prepared. Thermogravimetry (TG), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction powder patterns and complexometry were used to characterize and to study the thermal behaviour of these compounds. The results provide information about dehydration, thermal st...