CORRELATION OF PARTIAL MOLAR VOLUMES AT INFINITE DILUTION OF SALTS IN WATER

Salt partial molar volumes at infinite dilution show the unusual behavior of increasing with pressure while at higher temperatures becoming large and negative, reaching negative infinity at the critical point of water. A simplified method for estimating the infinite dilution partial molar volumes for fully ionized aqueous salts up to 350°C and all pressures has been developed using generalized expressions based on fluctuation solution theory. Tabulations of parameters are given for several salts made from 10 different cations and 9 different anions that can be used to predict V ∞ s for many solutions of practical interest.