Experimental determination of freezing point depressions in the CuSO4-H2SO4-H2O system

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2024-04-05

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Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 287

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Limited experimental data of the aqueous ternary CuSO4-H2SO4-H2O system hinders the modelling of its thermodynamic properties. Although different mixing rules for predicting the behavior of mixed electrolyte solutions have been proposed in the literature, significant deviations from them can be expected for systems where e.g., changes in speciation occur. In this work, freezing points of the ternary aqueous solutions were measured using a purpose-built apparatus. The measured samples spanned the concentration range 0.0140 to 0.5534 mol·(kg-H2O)–1 at four different CuSO4–to–H2SO4 ratios. The experimental results were compared with Zdanovskii's rule predictions.

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Funding Information: This research is funded by the Finnish Natural Resources Research Foundation (Detailed aqueous solution chemistry for flotation circuits in Nordic conditions, Decision 20210033). Additional funding from the TOCANEM Project (Towards Carbon Neutral Metals, Business Finland grant 2118452 ) is also appreciated. Assistance by Dr. Petri Uusi-Kyyny in making the freezing point apparatus and usage of densimeter is greatly appreciated, as well as help from “Chemical Engineering in Aqueous Systems” and “Chemical Engineering” group members is acknowledged. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s)

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Aqueous system, Freezing point depression, Zdanovskii's rule

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Sibarani, D, Vielma, T, Sippola, H & Lindberg, D 2024, ' Experimental determination of freezing point depressions in the CuSO 4 -H 2 SO 4 -H 2 O system ', Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 287, 119670 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2023.119670