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Published on: February 23, 2017
Conductometric analysis of the competition between monovalent and divalent counterions in their interaction with
H G de Jong1, J Lyklema, H P van Leeuwen
1Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Agricultural University, De Dreijen 6, 6703 BC Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
A procedure is described for the analysis of the conductivity of solutions of anionic polyelectrolytes in which both mono- and divalent counterions are present. The method is based on analysis of the relation between the overall conductivity of the system and the conductivity of the individual monovalent cations which are only electrostatically (non-specifically) bound. The system is described in terms of the two-state approach, implying that the counterions are considered to be either fully bound to the polyion or completely free. The potentialities of the proposed method are explored by studying solutions of alkali polyacrylates with and without added zinc nitrate at several alkali nitrate concentrations. The results give a picture of the composition of the counterionic atmosphere around the polyion in systems with both mono- and divalent counterions present. To a certain degree, the divalent ion Zn(II) was found to be bound quantitatively by the polyion. The composition of the counterionic atmosphere around the polyion was largely independent of alkali nitrate concentration when the latter was present in not too large an excess with respect to both Zn(II) and the charged monomers.
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