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Activities of Individual Ions From Infinite Dilution to Saturated Solutions

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A new procedure, which provides a closer approximation for the junction potentials than the Henderson equation, is tested to reduce new emf data for the chloride ion in CsCl solutions and previously measured data for individual ions in aqueous solutions of KCl, NaCl, and NaBr. The liquid junction potential is calculated from numerical integration of its basic equation without assuming constant mobility or using concentrations instead of activities. The mean ionic activity coefficients of the salts, obtained from the activity coefficients of the individual ions, show good agreement with values reported in the literature. The activity coefficients of the individual chloride ion at 25°C in aqueous solutions of CsCl up to 3 molal and in KCl solutions were measured using a chloride ion-selective electrode. It has been confirmed that the activity of the chloride ion is equal to the activity of the cation in CsCl solutions and, contrary to the prediction of hydration theory, it is higher than the activity of the cation in aqueous KCl solutions. The “New Hydration Theory” has been developed to overcome the shortcomings of the older hydration theory and has been used to smooth the experimental activity coefficients of the individual ions in aqueous solutions and to extrapolate them up to the saturated solution.

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  1. Zenon Environmental Inc., Burlington, Ontario, Canada, L7N 2P5

    Hamid R. Rabie

  2. Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3A 2B2

    Grazyna Wilczek-Vera

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2K6

    Juan H. Vera

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Rabie, H.R., Wilczek-Vera, G. & Vera, J.H. Activities of Individual Ions From Infinite Dilution to Saturated Solutions. Journal of Solution Chemistry 28, 885–913 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021736315580

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