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Reactivity of the cadmium ion in concentrated phosphoric acid solutions
J De Gyves1, J Gonzales, C Louis
1Universitad autonoma de Mexico, Facultad de Quimica, Departamento de Quimica Analitica, Cd. Universitaria, C.P. 04510, Mexico.
Abstract:
The solvation transfer coefficients which characterize the changes of ion reactivity with phosphoric acid concentration have been calculated for cadmium from the constants of the successive chloride complexes, and for silver and diethyldithiophosphate from potentiometric measurements. They evidence the strong desolvation of the cadmium species in concentrated phosphoric acid media, causing a remarkable increase of its reactivity. They allow the results of liquid-liquid extraction, precipitation and flotation reactions to be correctly interpreted and their changes to be foreseen when the reagents are modified.
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