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Millifluidics for Chemical Synthesis and Time-resolved Mechanistic Studies
Published on: November 27, 2013
Ion Clusters in Multicomponent Solutions Determined from X-ray PDF and SAXS Analysis: The NaNO2-NaOH-H2O System
Jacob G Reynolds1, Emily T Nienhuis2, Sebastian T Mergelsberg2
1Central Plateau Cleanup Company, Richland, Washington 99354, United States.
Abstract:
This study explores ion cluster formation in the NaNO2-NaOH-H2O system to understand how ion cluster formation is influenced by the composition in multicomponent mixtures. X-ray pair distribution function (PDF) and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) identified complex ion clusters in concentrated NaNO2 and NaOH solutions as well as their mixtures. PDF analysis showed that the Na-O distance depended primarily on total Na+ concentrations rather than anion composition, whereas the nitrite-water oxygen distance stayed the same regardless of concentration or composition. This result indicates that the nitrite ion hydration was relatively independent of composition. SAXS confirms local fluctuations and coherent clusters with notable size differences between NaOH and NaNO2 solutions. SAXS analysis of mixed solutions shows that their clusters are an average of the individual solutions, indicating mixed clusters.
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