Solubility Phase Diagram of the Quaternary System Li+, Mg2+//Cl鈥?/sup>, SO42鈥?/sup>鈥揌2O at 298.15 K: Experimental Redetermination and Model Simula
文摘
Solubility isotherms for the ternary system MgCl2鈥揗gSO4鈥揌2O and the quaternary reciprocal system Li+, Mg2+//Cl鈥?/sup>, SO42鈥?/sup>鈥揌2O were determined at 298.15 K by an isothermal dissolution method. In the ternary phase diagram, there are six solubility branches corresponding to the solid phases MgSO4路nH2O(s) (n = 7, 6, 5, 4, 1) and MgCl2路6H2O(s). In the quaternary equilibrium phase diagram, there are 16 solubility co-saturated lines corresponding to the solid phases MgSO4路nH2O(s) (n = 7, 6, 5, 4, 1), MgCl2路6H2O(s), Li2SO4路H2O(s), LiCl路MgCl2路7H2O(s), and LiCl路H2O(s). This report describes for the first time that the equilibrium solid phases MgSO4路H2O(s) and MgSO4路4H2O(s) have been found to exist in this quaternary system. However, the phase field of MgSO4路H2O(s) overlaps with the phase fields of MgSO4路4H2O(s) and MgSO4路5H2O(s), which indicates that MgSO4路4H2O(s) and MgSO4路5H2O(s) are metastable phases; MgSO4路H2O(s) is a relatively more stable phase in both the ternary and quaternary systems. A Pitzer鈥揝imonson鈥揅legg thermodynamic model was used to simulate the properties of the sub-binary and subternary systems and to predict the solubility phase diagram of the quaternary system. The results of the modeling are in reasonable agreement with the experimental data.