CONDUCTANCES OF STRONG SOLUTIONS OF STRONG ELECTROLYTES
The conductances, densities, and viscosities of solutions of silver nitrate and of ammonium nitrate, at 25 °C., have been determined at concentrations ranging from 0.1 N to saturation (about 9 and 11 N respectively). By way of comparison, the same data have been obtained for the weak electrolyte acetic acid, up to 99.7% by weight concentration. It is shown that the weak electrolyte, at these concentrations, deviates even more from the Ostwald dilution law than do the strong electrolytes. Various attempts have been made to correct the conductance for viscosity. In addition to the older methods, two new attempts have been made, viz.; sugar was added to N/10 silver nitrate (used as the basis for these calculations) until its viscosity became equal to each of the silver nitrate solutions in turn. The conductance of a N/10 silver nitrate solution containing enough sugar to make its viscosity exactly equal to that of any given silver nitrate solution was used in the evaluation of the conductance ratio. Again, the viscosities of silver nitrate solutions at different temperatures were determined and the conductance found at the temperature at which the viscosity had become equal to that of N/10 silver nitrate at 25 °C. This conductance was used as the numerator in the conductance ratio. All attempts, however, resulted in "overcorrection", that is, in an apparently increasing equivalent conductance, with increasing concentration, after a certain concentration is reached. It is shown that a remarkable agreement exists, in the case of ammonium nitrate, with the Walden modification of the Ostwald formula.