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Using precision conductivity data for aqueous carboxylic acid systems at 25 and 30°C, accurate thermodynamic ion association and dimerization equilibrium constants were determined. The data for formic, acetic, propionic and butyric acids are analyzed with the Fuoss-Hsia conductance equation as modified by Justice and Barthel. The treatment requires that triple ion formation is negligible.
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Salomon, M. Association of carboxylic acids in aqueous solutions from conductivity data. J Solution Chem 15, 237–241 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00646691
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