AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EQUILIBRIA EXISTING IN GAS-WATER SYSTEMS FORMING ELECTROLYTES

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Research
• Main Authors: Morgan, O. M., Maass, O.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1931
• Subjects: Carbonic acid
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjr31-062; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjr31-062

The data and theoretical treatment contained in this paper are the continuation of a series of researches instituted to investigate the equilibria existing in certain gaseous-aqueous systems. In this work the vapor pressures and electrolytic conductivities of aqueous solutions of sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and ammonia have been measured with greater precision than ever before over a temperature range from 0 to 25 °C. and over a concentration range where their respective vapor pressures do not exceed one atmosphere. From the data thus derived, equilibria relations have been calculated and certain changes have been made in the mode of theoretical procedure involved in this type of calculation.With regard to the equilibria existing in the three systems, the conclusions drawn may be summarized as follows: Practically all of the ammonia exists in the combined form and practically all the carbon dioxide exists as free carbon dioxide in the aqueous solutions in the temperature range investigated. The amounts of free and combined sulphur dioxide are of the same order of magnitude and the relative amount of combined and free sulphur dioxide can be calculated approximately, the latter increasing markedly with rising temperature. The true dissociation constant can therefore be found for ammonium hydroxide, can be estimated for sulphurous acid, but cannot be calculated for carbonic acid from the available data.