Description of electrolytes at high temperatures within the binding mean spherical approximation (BiMSA)

Overview & Synopsis

In this work, the binding mean spherical approximation (BiMSA) theory is used to describe osmotic and activities coefficients for electrolytes solutions up to high temperatures. Four salts are analyzed: NaCl, LiCl, MgCl2 and CaCl2, in the temperature range of 25 • C to 300 • C and molalities from 0.05 to 6 molal. A good representation of experimental data is obtained for all salts and temperatures considered by introducing temperature-dependent cation size and permittivity in a suitable way. The proportion of ion pairs (that are formed at sufficiently high temperature in these solutions) for each salt is predicted from the theory, showing a pronounced increase for temperatures above 100 • C. A good agreement is found between the values of optimized and experimental association constants given in the literature.