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Dynamic Electrochemical Measurement of Chloride Ions
Published on: February 5, 2016
A conductivity study of unsymmetrical 2:1 type "complex ion" electrolyte: cadmium chloride in dilute aqueous
Alexander Apelblat1, Miguel A Esteso, Marija Bešter-Rogač
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84105 Beer Sheva, Israel. apelblat@bgu.ac.il
Abstract:
Systematic and precise measurements of electrical conductivities of aqueous solutions of cadmium chloride were performed in the 2 × 10(-5)-1 × 10(-2) mol·dm(-3) concentration range, from 278.15 to 313.15 K. Determined conductances were interpreted in terms of molecular model which includes a mixture of two 1:1 and 2:1 electrolytes. The molar limiting conductances of λ(0)(CdCl(+), T) and λ(0)(1/2Cd(2+), T), the equilibrium constants of CdCl(+) formation K(T) and the corresponding standard thermodynamic functions were evaluated using the Quint-Viallard conductivity equations, the Debye-Hückel equations for activity coefficients and the mass-action equation. An excellent agreement between calculated and experimental conductivities was reached.
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