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Apparent molar volumes of aqueous solutions of sodium acetate and sodium benzoate at temperatures from 323 K to 573 K and pressure 10 MPa

Hnedkovsky, L.[Lubomir], May, P. M.[Peter M.], Hefter, G.[Glenn]
J. Chem. Thermodyn. 2017, 109, 100-108
ABSTRACT
Densities of aqueous solutions of sodium acetate and sodium benzoate have been measured at 50 K intervals in the temperature range 323.15 573.15 K at constant pressure p = 10.0 MPa by vibrating tube densimetry. The solute molalities ranged from 0.05 to 4.0 mol kg 1 (for sodium acetate) or 1.0 mol kg 1 (for sodium benzoate). The observed densities were used to calculate apparent molar volumes, which were fitted with an extended Redlich-Rosenfeld-Meyer-type equation to yield standard partial molar volumes of the solutes at infinite dilution. No direct comparisons with literature data were possible but the present results are broadly consistent with previous studies. This work greatly expands the database for the volumetric behaviour of both solutes at high temperatures. Despite the probable presence of anion hydrolysis the volumes of both salts show the steep decrease at high temperatures typical of simple 1:1 electrolytes. As expected, the acetate ion has a smaller volume than benzoate, with the difference increasing markedly with temperature, possibly reflecting the greater hydrophobicity of the benzoate ion. Combination of the present results with appropriate literature data enabled calculation of the volume change for the neutralization reaction: HX(aq) + NaOH(aq)NaX(aq) + H2O. The values were similar for the two solutes and show a complex dependence on temperature.
Compounds
# Formula Name
1 C2H3NaO2 sodium ethanoate
2 C7H5NaO2 sodium benzoate
3 H2O water
Datasets
The table above is generated from the ThermoML associated json file (link above). POMD and RXND refer to PureOrMixture and Reaction Datasets. The compound numbers are included in properties, variables, and phases, if specificied; the numbers refer to the table of compounds on the left.
Type Compound-# Property Variable Constraint Phase Method #Points
  • POMD
  • 1
  • 3
  • Mass density, kg/m3 ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Molality, mol/kg - 1; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Vibrating tube method
  • 51
  • POMD
  • 2
  • 3
  • Mass density, kg/m3 ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Molality, mol/kg - 2; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Vibrating tube method
  • 45