Ion–ion–solvent interactions in aqueous ionic cosolvent systems. I. Transfer thermodynamics of hydrogen chloride in aqueous sodium nitrate solutions from emf measurements

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (10) ◽  
pp. 1960-1965
Author(s):  
Sibaprasad Rudra ◽  
Himansu Talukdar ◽  
Bijoy P. Chakravarti ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Standard potentials (E0) of the Ag–AgCl electrode have been determined in 1, 2, and 4 m NaNO3 + water mixtures at five equidistant temperatures ranging from 15–35 °C from the emf measurements of the cell: Pt, H2 (g, 1 atm)/HCl (m) NaNO3 +water/AgCl–Ag. These values have been used to evaluate the transfer energetics [Formula: see text] accompanying the transfer of 1 mole of HCl from the standard state in water to the standard state in each of the NaNO3 + water mixtures. Transfer free energies [Formula: see text] of HCl and that of the individual ions obtained from a separate study, and those obtained after correcting the "cavity effect" and Born-type electrostatic effect, as estimated tentatively by the scaled-particle theory (SPT) and simple Born equation respectively, have been discussed in the light of ion–ion–solvent interactions. The observed [Formula: see text]–composition profile as well as that obtained after correcting for the "cavity effect" were examined in the light of semiquantitative theory proposed by Kundu etal. earlier and are found to substantiate this theory.

1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (11) ◽  
pp. 2595-2604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sibaprasad Rudra ◽  
Himansu Talukdar ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Single-ion tranfer free energies [Formula: see text] and entropies [Formula: see text] of some electrolytes from water to 1, 2, and 4m aqueous NaNO3 solvents have been determined at 25 °C using the widely used tetraphenylarsonium tetraphenylborate (Ph4AsBPh4) reference electrolyte assumption, after due modification for this solvent system. The required [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] values of Ph4AsPi, KBPh4, KPi, AgPi, PbPi2, Ag2CrO4, and AgCl where Pi = picrate, were determined by measuring solubilities at 15–35 °C of the solutes except AgCl, the values of which were determined from emf measurements. Analysis of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] values of the ions as well as their respective true interaction effects, [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] as obtained after correcting for their cavity effects [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] estimated by the scaled particle theory (SPT) and Born-type electrostatic effects, [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] computed by simple Born equation, reveals that the behaviour of the ions in this ionic cosolvent system is chiefly guided by one or several effects of ion–ion–solvent, Born and cavity forming interactions. Moreover, a rational explanation has been offered to explain the observed mirror-image entropie behaviour of simple cations and anions in light of Kundu etal.'s four-steps transfer process.


1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (12) ◽  
pp. 2843-2848
Author(s):  
Sibaprasad Rudra ◽  
Himansu Talukdar ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Standard free energies [Formula: see text] and entropies [Formula: see text] of transfer of hydrogen bromide and iodide from water to the aqueous 1, 2, and 4 m of sodium nitrate have been determined by measuring the emf's of the cell: Pt, H2(g, 1 atm)/KOH(m1), KX(m2), solvent/AgX–Ag where X = Br or I at five equidistant temperatures ranging from 15–35°C. [Formula: see text] values of HBr, HI as well as that of HCl obtained from earlier paper and particularly of the individual ions [Formula: see text](i), obtained by use of modified TATB assumption reported earlier and also [Formula: see text](i) obtained after correcting for "cavity" effect and Born-type electrostatic effect estimated tentatively by the scaled particle theory (SPT) and simple Bom equation, respectively, reveal the relative order of stabilisation of Cl−, Br−, and I− ions. Analysis of [Formula: see text]–composition profile (X = Cl, Br, and I) exhibits a characteristic "maxima" around 1.5 m NaNO3 with the relative order HI > HBr > HCl in the region of maxima. Moreover, dissection of [Formula: see text] values into the individual ion contributions by use of the modified TATB assumption reported earlier, results in the characteristic "maxima" around 1.5 m NaNO3 in [Formula: see text] or [Formula: see text]–composition profiles for H+ and "minima" for Cl−, Br−, and I−. The results are discussed in terms of ion–ion–solvent interactions as well as the structural changes of the solvents.


1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 461-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Himansu Talukdar ◽  
Sibaprasad Rudra ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Standard free energies [Formula: see text] and entropies [Formula: see text] of transfer of glycine (G), diglycine (DG), and triglycine (TG), from water to aqueous mixtures of glycerol (GL) and urea (UH) have been determined from solubility measurements at different temperatures. This was also extended to an ionic cosolvent system like aqueous sodium nitrate solutions for G and DG. The observed [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]–composition profiles, as well as those obtained after correcting for the "cavity effect" as estimated by scaled particle theory (SPT), were examined in the light of various interactions. The corrected [Formula: see text]and [Formula: see text] values show a regular function of the peptide chain length of the amino acids and impart useful information regarding the involved relative structural effects of these ionic and non-ionic cosolvents.


1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 798-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabir K. Guha ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Standard free energies (ΔGt0) and entropies (ΔSt0) of transfer of HBr and HI from water to some aqueous solutions of 2-methoxy ethanol (ME) have been determined from emf measurements of the cells: Pt, H2 (g, 1 atm)/HBr (m), solvent/AgBr–Ag and Pt, H2 (g, 1 atm)/KOH (m1), KI (m2), solvent/AgI–Ag, respectively, at seven equidistant temperatures ranging from 15 to 45 °C. ΔGt0 values of HBr and HI as well as of HCl obtained from literature, and particularly that of the individual ions obtained by tetraphenylarsonium tetraphenylboron (TATB) assumption, suggest that while H+ is increasingly stabilized by cosolvent-induced larger "basicity", halide ions (X−) are increasingly destabilized by cosolvent-induced decreased "acidity" and the dielectric constant of the mixed solvents compared to that of water. Analysis of the variation of the observed TΔSt0(HX) and particularly of ΔY (= TΔSt0(H+) + TΔS0t.ch (X−), with composition, in the light of Kundu etal's semi-quantitative theory reveals that ME induces breakdown of three dimensional (3D) tetrahedral structures of water at water-rich compositions. This is being followed by an ordered region due to possible H-bonded cosolvent–water complexation and then the usual disordered region due to packing imbalance. Comparison of ΔY(HI)–composition profiles for aqueous mixtures of t-butanol (ButOH), ethylene glycol (EG), and 1,2-dimethoxy ethane (DME) also demonstrates that the remarkable enhancement of 3D water structures by the well known structure promoter ButOH gets succintly diminished when cosolvent ButOH is replaced by EG, ME, and DME, as is expected from structural and electronic considerations of the cosolvents.


1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (18) ◽  
pp. 2476-2481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumardev Bose ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Free energies of transfer (ΔGt0) of the reference electrolyte Ph4AsBPh4 (Ph = phenyl) from ethylene glycol to its approximately isodielectric mixtures with acetonitrile have been determined at 25 °C from the measurement of the solubilities of KPi, Ph4AsPi, and KBPh (Pi = picrate) in these solvents. Using the assumption [Formula: see text] values for the individual ions K+, Pi−, Ph4As+, and Ph4 s− have been estimated. These, in conjunction with previously determined values of ΔGt0 for MCl (M = Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, and H), KBr and KI have provided ΔGt0 values for Cl−, Br−, I−, and M+ ions. Ionic ΔGt0's have been interpreted in terms of specific ion–solvent interactions. The contrasting behaviour of ethylene glycol and acetonitrile in ion-solvation is shown to be characteristic of the protic and dipolar aprotic solvent types respectively.


1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Himansu Talukdar ◽  
Sibaprasad Rudra ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Single-ion transfer free energies [Formula: see text] and entropies [Formula: see text] of some ions from water to aqueous mixtures of urea and glycerol have been determined using the widely used tetraphenylarsonium tetraphenylborate reference electrolyte assumption from solubility and emf measurements of some appropriate electrolytes at five different temperatures (15 to 35 °C). Analysis of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] values of the ions as well as their respective "chemical" effect, [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] as obtained after correcting for their cavity and Born-type electrostatic effects, estimated by the scaled particle theory (SPT) and simple Born equation, respectively, show a complex dependence upon solvent composition. Attempts have been made to explain the observed mirror-image entropie behaviour of simple cations and anions in the light of Kundu etal.'s four-step transfer process and to compare the results with those obtained in other aquo-ionic and nonionic systems. Keywords: single ion, transfer energetics, TATB assumption, aqueous glycerol, aqueous urea.


1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 469-475
Author(s):  
Sibaprasad Rudra ◽  
Himansu Talukdar ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Autoionization constants (Ks) of aqueous mixtures of 1, 2, and 4 m sodium nitrate used as an ionic cosolvent system have been determined from emf measurements of the cell: Pt, H2 (g, 1 atm)/KOH (m1) KCl (m2), solvent/AgCl–Ag at five equidistant temperatures ranging from 15–35 °C. The standard free energies (ΔG0) and entropies (ΔS0) of autoionisation of the solvents were then evaluated from these data. Relative free energies (ΔG0) and entropies of (ΔS0)of autoionization of the solvents when coupled with the previously determined transfer free energies [Formula: see text] and entropies [Formula: see text] of H+ yielded [Formula: see text][Formula: see text],[Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. Values of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] obtained after correcting for [Formula: see text], as well as [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]obtained after correcting the "cavity effect" and Born-type electrostatic effect suggests that while the "basicity" of the aqueous NaNO3 solutions decreases, the "acidity" more or less increases with NaNO3 concentration. The observed [Formula: see text]– and [Formula: see text]–composition profiles were also examined in the light of Kundu et al.'s four-step transfer process and the involved order–disorder phenomena, respectively, as proposed earlier.Standard free energies [Formula: see text] and entropies [Formula: see text] of transfer of p-nitroaniline (pNA) and benzoic acid (HBz) for the solvent system have also been determined from solubility measurements at different temperatures. The observed [Formula: see text]–and [Formula: see text]–composition profiles appear to reflect the salting-out effect of the salt and the [Formula: see text]–and [Formula: see text]–composition profiles confirm the applicability of either of these quantities rather than [Formula: see text], as a better structural probe both for aquo-ionic and aquo-organic solvents.


1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Himansu Talukdar ◽  
Sibaprasad Rudra ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Deprotonation constants, Ka(RH2+) and Ka(RH±), of glycine (RH±) have been determined at five equidistant temperatures ranging from 15 to 35 °C by measuring the emf of galvanic cells comprising Pt/H2 and Ag–AgCl electrodes in aqueous mixtures of protophilic protic urea (UH) and protophobic protic glycerol (GL). Medium effects on deprotonation of the acid: [Formula: see text] have been dissected into transfer free energies [Formula: see text] and entropies [Formula: see text] of the species involved as obtained by measuring the transfer energetics [Formula: see text] of RH± from solubility measurements at different temperatures and of H+ based on tetraphenylarsonium tetraphenylborate (TATB) reference electrolyte assumption determined earlier. The [Formula: see text] values obtained after due correction from the cavity effect based on scaled particle theory (SPT) and electrostatic effects including Born and ion–dipole effects for the charged species involved in the two deprotonation equilibria enable better understanding of the solvent effect on the deprotonation constants. Moreover, the [Formula: see text]–composition profiles are found to exhibit similar characteristic maxima and minima as for simple cations and anions in these solvent systems, thus providing useful information on the structural characteristic of these cosolvents. Keywords: deprotonation energetics, glycine, aqueous urea, aqueous glycerol, EMF measurements.


1985 ◽  
Vol 17 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 929-940 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. W. Bryant ◽  
L. G. Rich

The objective of this research was to develop and validate a predictive model of the benthal stabilization of organic carbon and nitrogen in deposits of waste activated sludge solids formed at the bottom of an aerated water column, under conditions of continual deposition. A benthal model was developed from a one-dimensional, generalized transport equation and a set of first-order biological reactions. For model verification, depth profiles of the major interstitial carbon and nitrogen components were measured from a set of deposits formed in the laboratory at 20°C and a controlled loading rate. The observed sequence of volatile acid utilization in each benthal deposit was that which would be predicted by the Gibbs free energies of the individual degradation reactions and would be controlled by the reduction in interstitial hydrogen partial pressure with time. Biodegradable solids were solubilized rapidly during the first three weeks of benthal retention, but subsequent solubilization occurred much more slowly. The benthal simulation effectively predicted the dynamics of consolidating, organic deposits. Simulation of organic loading rates up to 250 g BVSS/(m2 day) indicated that the stabilization capacity of benthal deposits was far above the range of organic loading rates currently used in lagoon design.


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