Thermodynamic investigation of KCl in the ternary KCl/LiCl/ H2 O mixed electrolyte system based on potentiometric method

The results of a thermodynamic investigation of KCl salt in the ternary KCl+LiCl+H2O electrolyte system by potentiometric method are reported in this work. The experimental potentiometric data were obtained from a galvanic cell by combining a solvent polymeric (PVC) potassium-selective membrane electrode (K+ ISE), containing Valinomycin as ionophore, and an Ag/AgCl electrode. The measurements were performed, at similar constant ionic strengths, in different series of mixed salt solutions, each characterized by a fixed salt molal ratio r (where r=m1/m2=0.1,0.2,1,5,10, and m1,m2 are the molalities of KCl and LiCl, respectively). The non-ideal behaviour of the system was described on the base of the Pitzer ion-interaction model for mixed salts, over the ionic strength ranging from 0.01 up to about 5 mol/kg, at 298.15 K. Based on the obtained Pitzer ion-interaction parameters, the osmotic coefficients, solvent activities, and excess Gibbs free energies were determined for these investigated ternary electrolyte systems.