Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
214881 The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 2016 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

•Solubility of MgO in K2SrCl4 melt in 923–1023 K temperature range was found.•The change of MgO solubility with the temperature agrees with the Shreder equation.•Acidity of K2SrCl4 melt is higher than that of CsCl-KCl-NaCl eutectic.•Change of Ba2+ by Sr2+ in molten chlorides causes increase of their oxoacidity.

Solubility products of MgO in molten (KCl + SrCl2) with composition corresponding to congruent compound K2SrCl4 at T = 923, 973 and 1023 K were determined by a potentiometric titration method using Pt(O2)|ZrO2(Y2O3) indicator electrode. The solubility product indices (pKs,MgO, mole fractions) were found to decrease with the temperature elevation by such a manner (9.92 ± 0.13) at 923 K, (9.34 ± 0.11) at 973 K and (9.08 ± 0.13) at 1023 K. The slope of logKs,MgO − T−1 plot in the studied temperature range (ca. 76 kJ·mol−1) corresponds to value of fusion enthalpy of MgO (77 kJ·mol−1). A comparison of MgO solubilities in the molten K2SrCl4 with the similar results obtained for (CsCl + KCl + NaCl) (0.455:0.245:0.300) and (KCl + LiCl) (0.41:0.59) eutectic melts shows that the values for K2SrCl4 melt are intermediate between those for low-acidic (CsCl + KCl + NaCl) and merely acidic (KCl + LiCl). The oxobasicity indices pIL of K2SrCl4 in the studied temperature range change from 2.26 to 2.45 with the temperature rise.

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