Vapor鈥揕iquid Equilibria for the ZnSO4鈥揌2SO4鈥揌2O and MgSO4鈥揌2SO4鈥揌2O Systems at (30, 60, 90, and 101.3) kPa
文摘
Vapor鈥搇iquid equilibria (boiling points) data for the ZnSO4鈥揌2SO4鈥揌2O and the MgSO4鈥揌2SO4鈥揌2O systems were determined by the quasi-static ebulliometric method at (30, 60, 90, and 101.3) kPa. The boiling points of the ZnSO4鈥揌2O and the ZnSO4鈥揌2SO4鈥揌2O systems were used to regress new chemical model parameters with the average absolute deviation of only 0.08 K. The model was verified by comparing its predictions of the solubility of zinc sulfate in water from (273.15 to 310.15) K and the activity of water in zinc sulfate solution at 298.15 K with literature data. Furthermore, the distributions of the ZnSO4(aq) (ZnSO4 neutral species), Zn2+, MgSO4(aq) (MgSO4 neutral species) and Mg2+ species were predicted. The ZnSO4鈭扝2SO4鈭扝2O system speciation provided a thermodynamic basis for the empirically optimized zinc sulfate concentrations currently employed in the Zn electrowinning industry.