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Measurement of zinc activity in the ternary In Zn Sn alloys by EMFmethod

Behera, C. K., Sonaye, A.
Thermochim. Acta 2013, 568, 196-203
ABSTRACT
Activity of zinc in liquid In Zn Sn alloys has been measured by electrochemical technique based onmolten salt electrolyte galvanic cell in the temperature range 753 853 K along three ternary sections ofZnx(InySn1-y)1-xwhere y = 0.67, 0.50 and 0.33. The activity of indium in In Sn binary alloys has also beenmeasured by the same technique in the same temperature range. The activity of Zinc in In Zn Sn alloysshows positive deviation from the Raoult s law over entire range of composition. The activity of indiumin In Sn alloys shows negative deviations from ideality for entire composition. The excess molar freeenergies have been computed by the Darken s treatment of the ternary solutions using In Sn binary dataand ternary data in this study. Isoactivity curves at 813 K in the ternary In Zn Sn alloys were derivedby combining the activity data of In Zn and Sn Zn alloys. The values of excess molar free energy in thisstudy are in good agreement with those calculated from the general model calculation proposed by Chou.
Compounds
# Formula Name
1 Zn zinc
2 Sn tin
3 In indium
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
  • 2
  • 1
  • 3
  • (Relative) activity - 1 ; Liquid
  • Solvent: Mole fraction - 3; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Mole fraction - 1; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Calculated from EMF cell potential
  • 90