The s
olu
bility
of CaSO
4·2H
2O was determined in aque
ous NaCl s
oluti
ons up t
o very high salinities and c
onstantCaCl
2 c
oncentrati
ons at 35
C. Additi
on
of CaCl
2 int
o the aque
ous NaCl system reduces the s
olu
bility
of CaSO
4·2H
2O quite dramatically while maintaining the
basic pattern
of the s
olu
bility curve. Mean i
onic activity c
oefficients
± of CaSO
4·2H
2O derived using the extended De
bye-H&
uuml;ckel law with quadratic terms decrease with an increasein i
onic strength. A c
omparis
on
of the value
of the therm
odynamic s
olu
bility pr
oduct c
onstant,
Ksp(th) of CaSO
4·2H
2O t
o the s
olu
bility pr
oduct
Ksp obtained fr
om the
observed s
olu
bility data indicate siza
ble differences. Thishas
been explained thr
ough a c
om
binati
on
of the extended De
bye-H&
uuml;ckel law and i
on ass
ociati
on the
ory. Weals
o measured accurate densities f
or the quaternary system CaSO
4·2H
2O + NaCl + CaCl
2 + H
2O at 35
C. Thedensity
of the s
oluti
on increases linearly with an increase in c
oncentrati
on. S
oluti
ons c
ontaining higher am
ounts
of CaCl
2 were f
ound t
o be less dense when c
ompared at the same i
onic strengths. S
olu
bility and density data asa functi
on
of c
oncentrati
on have
been c
orrelated using p
olyn
omial and linear fits
by the meth
od
of least squares.These studies are
of relevance in the pr
oducti
on
of salt with l
ow impurities
of Ca
2+ and SO
42- i
ons.